papus
[ˈpapus]
The verdict
“papus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,076 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,076
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de pelos simples o plumosos, cerdas o escamas que rodean a las diminutas flores que corona en frutos con ovario ínfero, generalmente de las asteráceas o compuestas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpapus] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “papus” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
papus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,076 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpapus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conjunto de pelos simples o plumosos, cerdas o escamas que rodean a las diminutas flores que corona en frutos con ovario ínfero, generalmente de las asteráceas o compuestas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for papus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is papus, spelled P-A-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de pelos simples o plumosos, cerdas o escamas que rodean a las diminutas flores que corona en frutos con ovario ínfero, generalmente de las asteráceas o compuestas.
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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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “papus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-P-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.