oboe
[oˈβ̞oe]
The verdict
“oboe” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,780 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,780
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oboe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞oe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oboe” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oboe is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈβ̞oe]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,780 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oboe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is oboe, spelled O-B-O-E.
Definition
- 1Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.
This word in other languages
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 “oboe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-O-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈβ̞oe] (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.