people's

/ˈpiː.pəlz/

//ˈpiː.pəlz// adj

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The verdict

“people's” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,581
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se considera que pertenece a, o está en sintonía con la gente común, en lugar de pertenecer a una élite gobernante.

Corpus desk

Index ES-people-s · people's · Spanish

people's · rank #48,581 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,581
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pele

Nearest frequency peer: pele (-2 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 “people's”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “people's” 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).

people's vs people
75% similar

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

Key facts for people's
PropertyValue
Headwordpeople's
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈpiː.pəlz/
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,581
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “people's”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.people'scae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pele” (#48,579), “pericos” (#48,583), “pelan” (#48,578). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “people's” va en #48,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around people's (IPA /ˈpiː.pəlz/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,581 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for people's, with forms such as "epople's", "peolpe's", and "peopel's". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "people", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 people's, spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-'-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se considera que pertenece a, o está en sintonía con la gente común, en lugar de pertenecer a una élite gobernante.
  2. 2
    En ciertos estados socialistas: de, desde o controlados (al menos de nombre) por la gente común en lugar de por una élite gobernante.
  3. 3
    De la gente, caso posesivo de people.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. the People's Liberation Army

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epople's
  • peolpe's
  • peopel's
  • peopl'es
  • people'ss
  • peoples'
  • peoplle's
  • peopple's
  • pepole's
  • poeple's
  • ppeople's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of people's - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epople's2peolpe's2peopel's2peopl'es2people'ss1peoples'2peoplle's1peopple's1
Edit distance from "people's"

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 "people's"?
"people's" is spelled P-E-O-P-L-E-'-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpiː.pəlz/.
What does "people's" mean?
As an adjective, "people's" means: Se considera que pertenece a, o está en sintonía con la gente común, en lugar de pertenecer a una élite gobernante.
What words are commonly confused with "people's"?
"people's" is commonly confused with "people". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "people's"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "people's" is /ˈpiː.pəlz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "people's" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pegadiza#48,577pesquisa#48,592pintamos#48,597piruetas#48,599

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

náufrago11 variantspociones11 variantsnadadora11 variantsmuñequita11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list