plomo

/[ˈplomo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,478

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

plomo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con símbolo Pb y número atómico 82, un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, poco tenaz, de color azul grisáceo, y muy tóxico. Pronounced [ˈplomo]. It ranks #7,478 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with poo and pom.

Key facts for plomo
PropertyValue
Headwordplomo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈplomo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,478
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of plomo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plomo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈplomo]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,478 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for plomo, with forms such as "lpomo", "pllomo", and "plmoo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poo", "pom", "poco", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is plomo, spelled P-L-O-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con símbolo Pb y número atómico 82, un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, poco tenaz, de color azul grisáceo, y muy tóxico.
  2. 2
    Pesa de plomo u otro material pesado usada para lastrar.
  3. 3
    Cosa o persona tediosa y molesta.
  4. 4
    Munición metálica para un arma de fuego.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, enfrentamiento armado en el que se emplean estas armas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpomo,pllomo,plmoo,plommo,ploom,polmo,pplomo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plomo

Misspelling Variants of "plomo"

lpomo5pllomo6plmoo5plommo6ploom5polmo5pplomo6
Misspelling Variants of "plomo"

Frequency rank: #7,478 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plomo"?
"plomo" is spelled P-L-O-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈplomo].
What does "plomo" mean?
As a noun, "plomo" means: Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos, con símbolo Pb y número atómico 82, un metal pesado, dúctil, maleable, poco tenaz, de color azul grisáceo, y muy tóxico.
What words are commonly confused with "plomo"?
"plomo" is commonly confused with "poo", "pom", "poco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plomo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plomo" is [ˈplomo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plomo" come from?
"plomo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.