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“Alado” and “Albano” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,191
“Alado” frequency rank
#40,112
“Albano” frequency rank
71303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alado Albano
Definition Apellido. Nombre de pila de varón.

Where the eye mixes Alado and Albano

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Alado
6 ch
Albano

Why the eye confuses Alado with Albano

A purely visual mix-up. Alado ([aˈlað̞o]) and Albano ([alˈβ̞ano]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alado is recorded at frequency rank #31,191, classified as aname, pronounced [aˈlað̞o]. Albano is at rank #40,112, tagged as aname, pronounced [alˈβ̞ano].

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 71303, this pair ranks #27,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Alado vs Albano

Shared letters: alo. Private to "Alado": d. Private to "Albano": bn.

"Alado" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "Albano" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Aladoaaldo · aladdo · alaod · aldao · allado · laado
  • Albanoablano · alabno · albanno · albaon · albbano · albnao · allbano · alvano

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Alado" for "Albano" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aˈlað̞o] versus [alˈβ̞ano]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Alado" or "Albano"?
"Alado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,191 in our Spanish list, against #40,112 for "Albano". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Alado" and "Albano" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Albano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alado" and "Albano" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Albano vs alpino". 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 #27,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list