poison

/pwa.zɔ̃/

//pwa.zɔ̃// noun

The verdict

“poison” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,321 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,321
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veneno.

Corpus desk

Index ES-poison · poison · Spanish

poison · rank #63,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,321
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH poderle

Nearest frequency peer: poderle (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “poison”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “poison” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for poison
PropertyValue
Headwordpoison
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pwa.zɔ̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “poison” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).poisoncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “poderle” (#63,320), “pondera” (#63,323), “porosidad” (#63,324). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “poison” va en #63,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poison is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,321 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pwa.zɔ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Veneno.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for poison in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is poison, spelled P-O-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Veneno.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poison"?
"poison" is spelled P-O-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /pwa.zɔ̃/.
What does "poison" mean?
As a noun, "poison" means: Veneno.
How do you pronounce "poison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poison" is /pwa.zɔ̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poison" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poison", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list