velo
[ˈbelo]
The verdict
“velo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,383) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,383
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tela, generalmente delgada, para cubrir algo que no se desea que quede a la vista.
Corpus desk
Index ES-velo · velo · Spanish
velo · rank #9,383 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,383
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH Velasco
Nearest frequency peer: Velasco (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “velo”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- vacunas
vacunas
90,621 corpus weight
- Velasco
Velasco
90,619 corpus weight
- velo
velo
90,618 corpus weight
- viajero
viajero
90,617 corpus weight
- vocal
vocal
90,616 corpus weight
- vulnerable
vulnerable
90,615 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “velo” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | velo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbelo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “velo”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for velo is neighbouring look-alikes ("vez", "ver", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈbelo]. Frequency #9,383 among 1,793 “V” headwords. 13 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for velo, with forms such as "evlo", "veol", and "vleo". 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, "vez", "ver", "veo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 velo, spelled V-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Tela, generalmente delgada, para cubrir algo que no se desea que quede a la vista.
- 2Prenda del traje femenino de calle, hecha de tul, gasa u otra tela delgada de seda o algodón, y con la cual suelen cubrirse las mujeres la cabeza, el cuello, a veces el rostro y otras veces el cuerpo completo.
- 3Trozo de tul, gasa, etc., con que se guarnecen y adornan algunas mantillas por la parte superior.
- 4El de uno u otro color que, sujeto por delante al sombrero, cubriendo el rostro, suelen llevar las señoras.
- 5Manto bendito con que cubren la cabeza y la parte superior del cuerpo las religiosas, por lo común blanco para las legas y novicias y negro para las demás.
- 6Velo humeral.
- 7Banda de tela blanca, que en la misa de velaciones se pone al marido por los hombros y a la mujer sobre la cabeza, en señal de la unión que han contraído.
- 8Cualquier cosa delgada, ligera o flotante, que encubre más o menos la vísta de otra.
- 9Pretexto, disimulación o excusa con que se intenta ocultar, atenuar u oscurecer la verdad.
- 10Confusión u oscuridad del entendimiento en lo que discurre, que le estorba percibirlo enteramente u ocasiona duda.
- 11Cualquier cosa que encubre o disimula el conocimiento expreso de otra.
- 12Fiesta que se hace para dar la profesión a una monja.
- 13Mediomundo (red para pescar).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evlo
- veol
- vleo
- vvelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of velo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "velo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).