Ulloa
[uˈʝoa]
The verdict
“Ulloa” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #22,536) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,536
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,148
- “U” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido
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 | Ulloa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [uˈʝoa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #22,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ulloa” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ulloa is neighbouring look-alikes ("ultra"), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [uˈʝoa]. Frequency #22,536 among 4,148 “U” headwords. Gloss: "Apellido".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ulloa, with forms such as "luloa", "ullao", and "uloa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ultra", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Ulloa, spelled U-L-L-O-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: luloa,ullao,uloa,ulola
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ulloa - 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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Using “Ulloa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-L-L-O-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uˈʝoa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ultra” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ulloa vs ultra
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.