p. m.
[peˈeme]
The verdict
“p. m.” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se emplea después de las indicaciones de horas para designar un tiempo posterior al mediodía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-p-m · p. m. · Spanish
p. m. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | p. m. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [peˈeme] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “p. m.” en español
Rare enough to double-check
p. m. is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [peˈeme]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se emplea después de las indicaciones de horas para designar un tiempo posterior al mediodía.".
No misspelling variants are generated for p. m. in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is p. m., spelled P-.- -M-..
Definition
- 1Se emplea después de las indicaciones de horas para designar un tiempo posterior al mediodía.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.