olivo

/[oˈliβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,822

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

olivo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Olea europaea) Árbol perennifolio, longevo, que alcanza hasta 15 m de altura, con copa ancha y tronco grueso, retorcido y a menudo muy corto. Corteza finamente fisurada, de color gris o plateado. ... Pronounced [oˈliβ̞o]. Often confused with opio and olmo.

Key facts for olivo
PropertyValue
Headwordolivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈliβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,822
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of olivo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for olivo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈliβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,822 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for olivo, with forms such as "loivo", "oilvo", and "olibo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "opio", "olmo", "opino", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is olivo, spelled O-L-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Olea europaea) Árbol perennifolio, longevo, que alcanza hasta 15 m de altura, con copa ancha y tronco grueso, retorcido y a menudo muy corto. Corteza finamente fisurada, de color gris o plateado. Hojas opuestas, de 2-8 cm de largas, lanceoladas con el ápice ligeramente puntiagudo, enteras, coriáceas, glabras y verde gris oscuras por el haz, más pálidas y densamente escamosas por el envés, más o menos sésiles o con un peciolo muy corto. Su fruto, la aceituna, u oliva, se consume encurtida, marinada o en salmuera y se emplea para la elaboración de aceite.
  2. 2
    Color verde cercano al cafe. :* Color:

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: loivo,oilvo,olibo,oliov,olivvo,ollivo,olvio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for olivo

Misspelling Variants of "olivo"

loivo5oilvo5olibo5oliov5olivvo6ollivo6olvio5
Misspelling Variants of "olivo"

Frequency rank: #19,822 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olivo"?
"olivo" is spelled O-L-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈliβ̞o].
What does "olivo" mean?
As a noun, "olivo" means: (Olea europaea) Árbol perennifolio, longevo, que alcanza hasta 15 m de altura, con copa ancha y tronco grueso, retorcido y a menudo muy corto. Corteza finamente fisurada, de color gris o plateado. ...
What words are commonly confused with "olivo"?
"olivo" is commonly confused with "opio", "olmo", "opino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "olivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olivo" is [oˈliβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "olivo" come from?
"olivo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.