sebo

/[ˈseβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,687

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sebo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lubricante natural de la piel de los mamíferos, compuesto de grasa y residuos epiteliales, producido por las glándulas sebáceas. Pronounced [ˈseβ̞o]. Often confused with so and ser.

Key facts for sebo
PropertyValue
Headwordsebo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈseβ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,687
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sebo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,687 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for sebo, with forms such as "esbo", "sbeo", and "sebbo". 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, "so", "ser", "sed", 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 sebo, spelled S-E-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lubricante natural de la piel de los mamíferos, compuesto de grasa y residuos epiteliales, producido por las glándulas sebáceas.
  2. 2
    Grasa sólida que se saca de los animales herbívoros, y que, derretida, sirve para hacer velas y para otros usos.
  3. 3
    Cualquier género de gordura.
  4. 4
    Borrachera.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esbo,sbeo,sebbo,seob,sevo,ssebo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sebo

Misspelling Variants of "sebo"

esbo4sbeo4sebbo5seob4sevo4ssebo5
Misspelling Variants of "sebo"

Frequency rank: #42,687 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sebo"?
"sebo" is spelled S-E-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseβ̞o].
What does "sebo" mean?
As a noun, "sebo" means: Lubricante natural de la piel de los mamíferos, compuesto de grasa y residuos epiteliales, producido por las glándulas sebáceas.
What words are commonly confused with "sebo"?
"sebo" is commonly confused with "so", "ser", "sed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sebo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sebo" is [ˈseβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sebo" come from?
"sebo" 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 S 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.