sólo
[ˈsolo]
The verdict
“sólo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #127
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de solo (adverbio). Cada vez que deba entenderse como equivalente de solamente y sea posible la confusión con el adjetivo homónimo, es optativo tildar la palabra para desambiguar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-solo · sólo · Spanish
sólo · rank #127 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #127
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH quiero
Nearest frequency peer: quiero (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sólo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cómo
cómo
99,877 corpus weight
- hecho
hecho
99,876 corpus weight
- quiero
quiero
99,875 corpus weight
- sólo
sólo
99,874 corpus weight
- aunque
aunque
99,873 corpus weight
- contra
contra
99,872 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sólo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sólo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈsolo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “sólo” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sólo (IPA [ˈsolo]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #127 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grafía alternativa de solo (adverbio). Cada vez que deba entenderse como equivalente de solamente y sea posible la confusión con el adjetivo homónimo, es optativo tildar la palabra para desambiguar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sólo, with forms such as "slóo", "ssólo", and "sóllo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "son", "soy", "sos", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sólo, spelled S-Ó-L-O.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de solo (adverbio). Cada vez que deba entenderse como equivalente de solamente y sea posible la confusión con el adjetivo homónimo, es optativo tildar la palabra para desambiguar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- slóo
- ssólo
- sóllo
- sóol
- óslo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sólo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sólo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "sólo". Here's where to go from here.
- "sólo" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "son". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #127 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.