pelvis

[ˈpelβ̞is]

/[ˈpelβ̞is]/ noun

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The verdict

“pelvis” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #26,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,557
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavidad del cuerpo humano, en la parte inferior del tronco, y en cuya formación entran los huesos sacro, cóccix e innominados, y las partes blandas. Contiene la terminación del tubo digestivo, la v...

Corpus desk

Index ES-pelvis · pelvis · Spanish

pelvis · rank #26,557 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,557
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH paños

Nearest frequency peer: paños (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pelvis”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “pelvis” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pelvis vs polis
67% similar
pelvis vs polvos
67% similar
pelvis vs peli
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pelvis
PropertyValue
Headwordpelvis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpelβ̞is]
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,557
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pelvis”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).pelviscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “paños” (#26,556), “pendejas” (#26,558), “pastoreo” (#26,554). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pelvis” va en #26,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pelvis (IPA [ˈpelβ̞is]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,557 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pelvis, with forms such as "eplvis", "pelbis", and "pelivs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "polis", "polvos", "peli", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pelvis, spelled P-E-L-V-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavidad del cuerpo humano, en la parte inferior del tronco, y en cuya formación entran los huesos sacro, cóccix e innominados, y las partes blandas. Contiene la terminación del tubo digestivo, la vejiga urinaria y algunos órganos, correspondientes al aparato genital, principalmente en la mujer.
  2. 2
    Receptáculo membranoso, en forma de embudo, que se halla en el interior de cada riñón y es el principio del uréter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pelvis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Pareció disgustarle la respuesta, pues se quedó un rato pensativo, no quisimos decirle lo peor, decir, que a veces, no volvían al cajón ni al cementerio, pues los estudiantes los utilizaban para hacer sus preparaciones, y generalmente eran preferidos los de mujer para extraer los huesos de la pelvis y los del cráneo».
  2. «Las venas procedentes de la cabeza se reúnen a cada lado del cuello en una llamada yugular, que juntándose con la axilar procedente del brazo, forman a cada lado las subclavias, que uniéndose a su vez constituyen la vena cava superior, la cual termina en la aurícula derecha al lado de la vena cava inferior resultante de la reunión de las ilíacas proceden…

Synonyms

caderabacinete

This word in other languages

pelvis(English)bassin(Français)Becken(Deutsch)bacia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eplvis
  • pelbis
  • pelivs
  • pellvis
  • pelviss
  • pelvsi
  • pelvvis
  • pevlis
  • plevis
  • ppelvis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pelvis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eplvis2pelbis1pelivs2pellvis1pelviss1pelvsi2pelvvis1pevlis2
Edit distance from "pelvis"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pelvis"?
"pelvis" is spelled P-E-L-V-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpelβ̞is].
What does "pelvis" mean?
As a noun, "pelvis" means: Cavidad del cuerpo humano, en la parte inferior del tronco, y en cuya formación entran los huesos sacro, cóccix e innominados, y las partes blandas. Contiene la terminación del tubo digestivo, la v...
What words are commonly confused with "pelvis"?
"pelvis" is commonly confused with "polis", "polvos", "peli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pelvis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pelvis" is [ˈpelβ̞is]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pelvis" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pelvis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pagano#26,550paella#26,549omitir#26,547memory#26,526

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list