vuelo

/[ˈbwelo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,061

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vuelo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de ir por el aire moviéndose o sosteniéndose con alas u otra superficie análoga. Pronounced [ˈbwelo]. It ranks #2,061 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with vuelta and vuelve.

Key facts for vuelo
PropertyValue
Headwordvuelo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbwelo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,061
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vuelo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbwelo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,061 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for vuelo, with forms such as "buelo", "uvelo", and "veulo". 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, "vuelta", "vuelve", "vuelto", 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 vuelo, spelled V-U-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de ir por el aire moviéndose o sosteniéndose con alas u otra superficie análoga.
  2. 2
    Trayecto que se recorre volando o aleteando por el aire.
  3. 3
    Viaje de un avión hasta su punto de destino.
  4. 4
    Cada una de las salidas numeradas de los aviones comerciales.
  5. 5
    Parte ornamental de la tela de un vestido que sobresale y cae.
  6. 6
    Extensión de la tela en la ropa o en las cortinas.
  7. 7
    Plumas que un ave usa para volar.
  8. 8
    Zona cubierta con árboles en un monte.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: buelo,uvelo,veulo,vuello,vueol,vuleo,vvuelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vuelo

Misspelling Variants of "vuelo"

buelo5uvelo5veulo5vuello6vueol5vuleo5vvuelo6
Misspelling Variants of "vuelo"

Frequency rank: #2,061 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vuelo"?
"vuelo" is spelled V-U-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbwelo].
What does "vuelo" mean?
As a noun, "vuelo" means: Acción de ir por el aire moviéndose o sosteniéndose con alas u otra superficie análoga.
What words are commonly confused with "vuelo"?
"vuelo" is commonly confused with "vuelta", "vuelve", "vuelto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vuelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vuelo" is [ˈbwelo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vuelo" come from?
"vuelo" 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 V 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.