pábulo
[ˈpaβ̞ulo]
The verdict
“pábulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,624 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,624
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasto, comida, alimento para la subsistencia o conservación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pabulo · pábulo · Spanish
pábulo · rank #95,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,624
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH puts
Nearest frequency peer: puts (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pábulo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- protegeremos
protegeremos
4,385 corpus weight
- proyectarán
proyectarán
4,384 corpus weight
- puts
puts
4,379 corpus weight
- pábulo
pábulo
4,377 corpus weight
- pétrea
pétrea
4,375 corpus weight
- queriéndose
queriéndose
4,372 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pábulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pábulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaβ̞ulo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pábulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pábulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,624 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpaβ̞ulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pábulo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pábulo, spelled P-Á-B-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Pasto, comida, alimento para la subsistencia o conservación.
- 2Cualquier sustento o mantenimiento en las cosas inmateriales.
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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