Palabra is a predictive text entry mode for Spanish that recognizes common words matching the sequence of your key presses and inserts the most common word into your text.
T9 Palabra is the Spanish counterpart of T9 Word - a quick and efficient way to send text messages without having to type in the full words you want to use.
Abc/ABC/abc mode is the standard text entry mode for mobile telephones requiring you to manually type each letter of a word to enter it. If your device doesn't have a full QWERTY keyboard, you might need to type each button multiple times to display the needed letter.
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