pobres

/[ˈpoβ̞ɾes]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,420

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pobres is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de pobre. Pronounced [ˈpoβ̞ɾes]. It ranks #1,420 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pones and podes.

Key facts for pobres
PropertyValue
Headwordpobres
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈpoβ̞ɾes]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,420
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pobres is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpoβ̞ɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,420 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de pobre.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for pobres, with forms such as "opbres", "pbores", and "pobbres". 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, "pones", "podes", "poros", 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 pobres, spelled P-O-B-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de pobre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opbres,pbores,pobbres,pobers,pobress,pobrres,pobrse,porbes,povres,ppobres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pobres

Misspelling Variants of "pobres"

opbres6pbores6pobbres7pobers6pobress7pobrres7pobrse6porbes6
Misspelling Variants of "pobres"

Frequency rank: #1,420 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pobres"?
"pobres" is spelled P-O-B-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoβ̞ɾes].
What does "pobres" mean?
As an adj, "pobres" means: Forma del plural de pobre.
What words are commonly confused with "pobres"?
"pobres" is commonly confused with "pones", "podes", "poros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pobres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pobres" is [ˈpoβ̞ɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pobres" come from?
"pobres" 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.