poz
/ˈpɒz/
"poz" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“poz” is uncommon English (frequency #99,722 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,722
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - HIV positive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poz · poz · English
poz · rank #99,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,722
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Powis
Nearest frequency peer: Powis (-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 “poz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Potawatomi
Potawatomi
283 corpus weight
- pote
pote
282 corpus weight
- Powis
Powis
280 corpus weight
- poz
poz
279 corpus weight
- pratique
pratique
278 corpus weight
- preamplifier
preamplifier
277 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “poz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɒz/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #99,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “poz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
poz is uncommon English at frequency #99,722 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈpɒz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "HIV positive.".
Zero misspellings are on record for poz in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of positive. The correct English form is poz, spelled P-O-Z.
Definition
- 1HIV positive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how poz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her test results were poz.
At a contentious public meeting to discuss barebacking in New York in 1999, an interesting statement came from a man who described himself as the manager of the nation's largest moderated bareback computer list. He stated almost in passing that the list was “about 98 percent poz guys.”
Etymology
Clipping of positive.
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).