Obando
[oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“Obando” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #53,083 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #53,083
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Obando” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Obando is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,083 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Apellido.".
Obando has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Obando, spelled O-B-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Obando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.