poco

/[ˈpoko]/ adv

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#115

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

poco is anSpanishadv. It means: En menor cantidad de lo que se hubiera esperado, en intensidad baja, o en menor grado. Pronounced [ˈpoko]. It ranks #115 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with por and pro.

Key facts for poco
PropertyValue
Headwordpoco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈpoko]
Letters4
Frequency rank#115
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for poco is 4 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpoko]. Corpus data places it at rank #115 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for poco, with forms such as "opco", "pcoo", and "pocco". 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, "por", "pro", "pop", 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 poco, spelled P-O-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En menor cantidad de lo que se hubiera esperado, en intensidad baja, o en menor grado.
  2. 2
    Indica que la acción es de corta duración, o dura menos de lo esperado.
  3. 3
    Antepuesto a adverbios de comparación, indica que la diferencia es pequeña.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opco,pcoo,pocco,pooc,ppoco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for poco

Misspelling Variants of "poco"

opco4pcoo4pocco5pooc4ppoco5
Misspelling Variants of "poco"

Frequency rank: #115 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poco"?
"poco" is spelled P-O-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoko].
What does "poco" mean?
As an adv, "poco" means: En menor cantidad de lo que se hubiera esperado, en intensidad baja, o en menor grado.
What words are commonly confused with "poco"?
"poco" is commonly confused with "por", "pro", "pop". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poco" is [ˈpoko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poco" come from?
"poco" 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.