poem
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
The verdict
“poem” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,951 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,951
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poema, poesía.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poem |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #99,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “poem” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
poem is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,951 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poema, poesía.".
poem has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is poem, spelled P-O-E-M.
Definition
- 1Poema, poesía.
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 “poem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.