po
[ˈpo]
The verdict
“po” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,029 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #5,029
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Denota impaciencia, frustración, alegría y otros sentimientos según la entonación que se le dé..
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | po |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈpo] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #5,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “po” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for po is 2 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,029 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Denota impaciencia, frustración, alegría y otros sentimientos según la entonación que se le dé..".
po has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PP", "PT", "pu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is po, spelled P-O.
Definition
- 1Denota impaciencia, frustración, alegría y otros sentimientos según la entonación que se le dé..
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 “po”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “PP” - see the side-by-side comparison. po vs PP
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.