poisson

/pwa.sɔ̃/

//pwa.sɔ̃// noun

The verdict

“poisson” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,117 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,117
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pez, pescado

Corpus desk

Index ES-poisson · poisson · Spanish

poisson · rank #87,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,117
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pobló

Nearest frequency peer: pobló (-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 “poisson”

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 “poisson” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for poisson
PropertyValue
Headwordpoisson
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pwa.sɔ̃/
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “poisson” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).poissoncae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pobló” (#87,116), “polca” (#87,118), “plin” (#87,115). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “poisson” va en #87,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

poisson is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,117 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pwa.sɔ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pez, pescado".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for poisson, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is poisson, spelled P-O-I-S-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pez, pescado

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list