Paul
/paʊ̯l/
The verdict
“Paul” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,260 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #2,260
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.
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 | Paul |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /paʊ̯l/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Paul” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Paul is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /paʊ̯l/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,260 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paul, with forms such as "apul", "palu", and "paull". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pu", "paz", "Pol", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Paul, spelled P-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Pablo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apul,palu,paull,ppaul,pual
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paul - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Paul”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /paʊ̯l/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pu” - see the side-by-side comparison. Paul vs pu
- 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.