pelo

/[ˈpelo]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,328

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pelo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Filamento de queratina que crece en la piel de humanos y animales, cubren parte de la cabeza u otras partes del cuerpo, tiene una raíz bulbosa que nace en los poros de la piel. Pronounced [ˈpelo]. It ranks #1,328 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with po and pro.

Key facts for pelo
PropertyValue
Headwordpelo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpelo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,328
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pelo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpelo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,328 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pelo, with forms such as "eplo", "pello", and "peol". 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, "po", "pro", "Per", 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 pelo, spelled P-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filamento de queratina que crece en la piel de humanos y animales, cubren parte de la cabeza u otras partes del cuerpo, tiene una raíz bulbosa que nace en los poros de la piel.
  2. 2
    Conjunto o masa de estos filamentos.
  3. 3
    Este filamento cuando pertenece a los que cubren la cabeza, por oposición a la barba del rostro y el vello del resto del cuerpo.
  4. 4
    Filamento vegetal como el que cubre algunas frutas, tallos u hojas.
  5. 5
    Dícese de una distancia o diferencia pequeña o insignificante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eplo,pello,peol,pleo,ppelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pelo

Misspelling Variants of "pelo"

eplo4pello5peol4pleo4ppelo5
Misspelling Variants of "pelo"

Frequency rank: #1,328 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pelo"?
"pelo" is spelled P-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpelo].
What does "pelo" mean?
As a noun, "pelo" means: Filamento de queratina que crece en la piel de humanos y animales, cubren parte de la cabeza u otras partes del cuerpo, tiene una raíz bulbosa que nace en los poros de la piel.
What words are commonly confused with "pelo"?
"pelo" is commonly confused with "po", "pro", "Per". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pelo" is [ˈpelo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pelo" come from?
"pelo" 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.