podemos

/[poˈð̞emos]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#242

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

podemos is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de podar. Pronounced [poˈð̞emos]. It ranks #242 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with podes and poemas.

Key facts for podemos
PropertyValue
Headwordpodemos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[poˈð̞emos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#242
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for podemos is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈð̞emos]. Corpus data places it at rank #242 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for podemos, with forms such as "opdemos", "pdoemos", and "poddemos". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "podes", "poemas", "poderes", 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 podemos, spelled P-O-D-E-M-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de podar.
  2. 2
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del imperativo (exhortatorio) de podar.
  3. 3
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de poder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opdemos,pdoemos,poddemos,podemmos,podemoss,podemso,podeoms,podmeos,poedmos,ppodemos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for podemos

Misspelling Variants of "podemos"

opdemos7pdoemos7poddemos8podemmos8podemoss8podemso7podeoms7podmeos7
Misspelling Variants of "podemos"

Frequency rank: #242 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "podemos"?
"podemos" is spelled P-O-D-E-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈð̞emos].
What does "podemos" mean?
As a verb, "podemos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de podar.
What words are commonly confused with "podemos"?
"podemos" is commonly confused with "podes", "poemas", "poderes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "podemos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "podemos" is [poˈð̞emos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "podemos" come from?
"podemos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.