Which to use
“alabó” is a verb and “albo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,402
- “alabó” frequency rank
- #42,792
- “albo” frequency rank
- 76194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alabó | albo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de alabar. | De tono luminoso, brillante e incoloro, dado por reflejar por completo la luz. |
Where the eye mixes alabó and albo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alabó runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against albo's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alabó vs albo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alabó is [alaˈβ̞o] while albo is [ˈalβ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alabó is recorded at frequency rank #33,402, classified as averb, pronounced [alaˈβ̞o]. albo is at rank #42,792, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈalβ̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 76194, this pair ranks #18,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alabó vs albo
Shared letters: abl. Private to "alabó": ó. Private to "albo": o.
"alabó" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "albo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- albo ← ablo · albbo · allbo · alob
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alabó" for "albo" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "alabó" or "albo" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alabó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "albo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alabó" and "albo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "albo vs alió". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #18,189 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.