Pose

/[ˈpoːzə]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,877

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Pose is aGermannoun. It means: schwimmender Hohlkörper oder Körper aus Holz, Kork oder Kunststoff, der an der Angelschnur befestigt wird, um dem beköderten Haken in einer bestimmten Wassertiefe zu halten Pronounced [ˈpoːzə]. Often confused with PS and psa.

Key facts for Pose
PropertyValue
HeadwordPose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpoːzə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,877
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pose in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pose is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpoːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,877 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schwimmender Hohlkörper oder Körper aus Holz, Kork oder Kunststoff, der an der Angelschnur befestigt wird, um dem beköderten Haken in einer bestimmten Wassertiefe zu halten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pose, with forms such as "opse", "poes", and "ppose". 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, "PS", "psa", "pot", 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 German form is Pose, spelled P-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwimmender Hohlkörper oder Körper aus Holz, Kork oder Kunststoff, der an der Angelschnur befestigt wird, um dem beköderten Haken in einer bestimmten Wassertiefe zu halten

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opse,poes,ppose,psoe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pose

Misspelling Variants of "Pose"

opse4poes4ppose5psoe4
Misspelling Variants of "Pose"

Frequency rank: #24,877 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pose"?
"Pose" is spelled P-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoːzə].
What does "Pose" mean?
As a noun, "Pose" means: schwimmender Hohlkörper oder Körper aus Holz, Kork oder Kunststoff, der an der Angelschnur befestigt wird, um dem beköderten Haken in einer bestimmten Wassertiefe zu halten
What words are commonly confused with "Pose"?
"Pose" is commonly confused with "PS", "psa", "pot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pose" is [ˈpoːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pose" come from?
"Pose" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.