posada
"posada" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“posada” is uncommon English (frequency #63,903 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,903
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
Corpus desk
Index EN-posada · posada · English
posada · rank #63,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,903
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH porphyry
Nearest frequency peer: porphyry (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “posada”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- polycrystal…
polycrystalline
36,101 corpus weight
- porphyry
porphyry
36,099 corpus weight
- posada
posada
36,098 corpus weight
- Prager
Prager
36,097 corpus weight
- prefab
prefab
36,096 corpus weight
- pretension
pretension
36,095 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “posada” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posada |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “posada” in English
Rare enough to double-check
posada is uncommon English at frequency #63,903 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for posada, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish posada. The correct English form is posada, spelled P-O-S-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1A traditional Mexican Christmas procession.
- 2An inn in Spanish-speaking regions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how posada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They make a posada for the kids over there.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish posada.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).