AMLOvsasiloTell them apart

Quick tell: AMLO is a abbrev, asilo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“AMLO” is an abbrev and “asilo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,068
“AMLO” frequency rank
#6,980
“asilo” frequency rank
16048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AMLO asilo
Definition Siglas del político y escritor mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Cualquier lugar que sirve de refugio para los perseguidos.

Where the eye mixes AMLO and asilo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
AMLO
5 ch
asilo

Look-alike desk: AMLO vs asilo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: AMLO is [ˈãmlo] while asilo is [aˈsilo]. 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 (abbrev vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AMLO is recorded at frequency rank #9,068, classified as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈãmlo]. asilo is at rank #6,980, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈsilo].

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 16048, this pair ranks #277,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of AMLO vs asilo

Shared letters: alo. Private to "AMLO": m. Private to "asilo": is.

"AMLO" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "asilo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • AMLOalmo · amllo · ammlo · amol
  • asiloacilo · aislo · asillo · asiol · assilo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "AMLO" for "asilo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AMLO" is an abbrev and "asilo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "AMLO" vs "asilo" - which ranks higher?
"asilo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,980 in our Spanish list, against #9,068 for "AMLO". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "AMLO" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "asilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #277,727 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AMLO" and "asilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alió vs AMLO". 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 #277,727 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