ollao
[oˈʝao]
The verdict
“ollao” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ojetillo de tamaño proporcionado que se hace en puntos convenientes de las velas, toldos, fundas, etc., para sujetarlas o disminuir su superficie. Los ollaos más comunes son de metal y se ponen a p...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ollao |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈʝao] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ollao” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ollao is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈʝao]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ojetillo de tamaño proporcionado que se hace en puntos convenientes de las velas, toldos, fundas, etc., para sujetarlas o disminuir su superficie. Los ollaos más comunes son de metal y se ponen a p...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ollao, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ollao, spelled O-L-L-A-O.
Definition
- 1Ojetillo de tamaño proporcionado que se hace en puntos convenientes de las velas, toldos, fundas, etc., para sujetarlas o disminuir su superficie. Los ollaos más comunes son de metal y se ponen a presión.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ollao”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-L-L-A-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈʝao] (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.