Paolo

//'pa.βlo/./ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,404

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Paolo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: Pablo, Paolo, Paulo Pronounced /'pa.βlo/.. Often confused with Pol and povo.

Key facts for Paolo
PropertyValue
HeadwordPaolo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/'pa.βlo/.
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,404
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Paolo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Paolo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'pa.βlo/.. Corpus data places it at rank #18,404 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pablo, Paolo, Paulo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Paolo, with forms such as "paloo", "paool", and "poalo". 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, "Pol", "povo", "Paul", 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 Portuguese form is Paolo, spelled P-A-O-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pablo, Paolo, Paulo

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: paloo,paool,poalo,ppaolo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Paolo

Misspelling Variants of "Paolo"

paloo5paool5poalo5ppaolo6
Misspelling Variants of "Paolo"

Frequency rank: #18,404 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Paolo"?
"Paolo" is spelled P-A-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is /'pa.βlo/..
What does "Paolo" mean?
As a noun, "Paolo" means: Pablo, Paolo, Paulo
What words are commonly confused with "Paolo"?
"Paolo" is commonly confused with "Pol", "povo", "Paul". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Paolo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Paolo" is /'pa.βlo/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Paolo" come from?
"Paolo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese 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.