poleo
[poˈleo]
The verdict
“poleo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,620 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,620
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Especie del género Mentha de la familia de las labiadas; es una perenne cespitosa y de raíces rizomatosas que crece bien en sitios húmedos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-poleo · poleo · Spanish
poleo · rank #65,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,620
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Porcel
Nearest frequency peer: Porcel (+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 “poleo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pisoteando
pisoteando
34,386 corpus weight
- plum
plum
34,385 corpus weight
- plumón
plumón
34,383 corpus weight
- poleo
poleo
34,381 corpus weight
- Porcel
Porcel
34,380 corpus weight
- postigo
postigo
34,376 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “poleo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poleo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈleo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “poleo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
poleo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,620 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈleo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for poleo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is poleo, spelled P-O-L-E-O.
Definition
- 1Especie del género Mentha de la familia de las labiadas; es una perenne cespitosa y de raíces rizomatosas que crece bien en sitios húmedos.
- 2(Salimenaea integrifolia) Arbusto aromático de hasta 1 m de altura con tronco de color grisáceo.
- 3Viento frío e intenso.
- 4Jactancia.
Synonyms
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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