Pecos

Name: Pecos, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈpeɪ.koʊs/

//ˈpeɪ.koʊs// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Pecos” is uncommon English (frequency #50,145 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,145
frequency rank, English: 46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.

Key facts for Pecos
Property	Value
Headword	Pecos
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	/ˈpeɪ.koʊs/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#50,145
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Pecos” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Pecos lands here:

#50,145

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Pecos is uncommon English at frequency #50,145 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Pecos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish Pecos, from a Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo. The correct English form is Pecos, spelled P-E-C-O-S.

Definition

1
A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.
2
A geographic region of Texas, situated mostly west of the Pecos River.
3
A city, the county seat of Reeves County, Texas.
4
A village in San Miguel County, New Mexico.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pecos, from a Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo.

This word in other languages

Pecos(Español)Pecos(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pecos"?

"Pecos" is spelled P-E-C-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/.

What does "Pecos" mean?

As a proper noun, "Pecos" means: A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.

How do you pronounce "Pecos"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pecos" is /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Pecos"?

Borrowed from Spanish Pecos, from a Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Pecos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is P-E-C-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.