paralelo
[paɾaˈlelo]
The verdict
“paralelo” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,866 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,866
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una recta o plano respecto a otra, que no se cortan en ninguno de sus puntos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paralelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paɾaˈlelo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paralelo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for paralelo is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾaˈlelo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,866 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for paralelo, with forms such as "apralelo", "paarlelo", and "paraello". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "paralelos", "paradero", "paralela", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 paralelo, spelled P-A-R-A-L-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una recta o plano respecto a otra, que no se cortan en ninguno de sus puntos.
- 2Que está en semejanza o concordancia con algo.
- 3Dicho de dos o más procesos: que ocurren en paralelo.
- 4Dicho de un bus de datos: que admite el intercambio de información mediante varios canales de transmisión funcionando simultáneamente.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apralelo,paarlelo,paraello,paralello,paraleol,parallelo,paralleo,parlaelo,parralelo,pparalelo,praalelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paralelo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “paralelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-A-L-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paɾaˈlelo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “paralelos” - see the side-by-side comparison. paralelo vs paralelos
- 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.