rabo

/[ˈraβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,526

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rabo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Apéndice que algunos animales tienen al final del tronco, sea como extensión de la columna vertebral en los vertebrados o en forma de apariencia similar en otros. Pronounced [ˈraβ̞o]. Often confused with ro and río.

Key facts for rabo
PropertyValue
Headwordrabo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈraβ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,526
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for rabo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈraβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 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 rabo, with forms such as "rabbo", "raob", and "ravo". 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, "ro", "río", "ray", 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 rabo, spelled R-A-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apéndice que algunos animales tienen al final del tronco, sea como extensión de la columna vertebral en los vertebrados o en forma de apariencia similar en otros.
  2. 2
    Órgano que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, de forma eréctil, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto génitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección.
  3. 3
    Nombre dado a las nalgas de los humanos, en especial si son prominentes. Principalmente está referido a las de la mujer.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rabbo,raob,ravo,rbao,rrabo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rabo

Misspelling Variants of "rabo"

rabbo5raob4ravo4rbao4rrabo5
Misspelling Variants of "rabo"

Frequency rank: #17,526 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rabo"?
"rabo" is spelled R-A-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈraβ̞o].
What does "rabo" mean?
As a noun, "rabo" means: Apéndice que algunos animales tienen al final del tronco, sea como extensión de la columna vertebral en los vertebrados o en forma de apariencia similar en otros.
What words are commonly confused with "rabo"?
"rabo" is commonly confused with "ro", "río", "ray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rabo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rabo" is [ˈraβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rabo" come from?
"rabo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our Spanish index:

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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.