sábalo
[ˈsaβ̞alo]
The verdict
“sábalo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Prochilodus lineatus) Pez de la familia de los actinoptérigos, de cuerpo largo y comprimido, gris-verdoso (aclarado en el vientre), con escamas amarillentas. Su boca es circular, bordeada por labi...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sábalo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsaβ̞alo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sábalo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sábalo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsaβ̞alo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sábalo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is sábalo, spelled S-Á-B-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Prochilodus lineatus) Pez de la familia de los actinoptérigos, de cuerpo largo y comprimido, gris-verdoso (aclarado en el vientre), con escamas amarillentas. Su boca es circular, bordeada por labios gruesos, y se proyecta del frente. Alcanza los 60 cm de largo y los 6 kg de peso. Es la especie más abundante de la cuenca del Plata, llegando a constituir más del 60% de la biomasa de peces de la misma.
- 2(Alosa alosa) Pez de la familia Clupeidae. Antiguamente común desde Escandinavia hasta el Mediterráneo occidental, actualmente es raro en el norte de Europa y las Islas Británicas. Se considera extinto en muchos ríos europeos.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sábalo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-Á-B-A-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsaβ̞alo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.