poder de compra
[poˈð̞eɾ ð̞e ˈkõmpɾa]
The verdict
“poder de compra” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Capacidad de comprar bienes materiales o contratar servicios con el dinero disponible. A mayor cantidad de ingresos, mayor poder adquisitivo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poder de compra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [poˈð̞eɾ ð̞e ˈkõmpɾa] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poder de compra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for poder de compra is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈð̞eɾ ð̞e ˈkõmpɾa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Capacidad de comprar bienes materiales o contratar servicios con el dinero disponible. A mayor cantidad de ingresos, mayor poder adquisitivo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for poder de compra in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 poder de compra, spelled P-O-D-E-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-P-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Capacidad de comprar bienes materiales o contratar servicios con el dinero disponible. A mayor cantidad de ingresos, mayor poder adquisitivo.
Synonyms
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-D-E-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-P-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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