pollo

[ˈpoʝo]

/[ˈpoʝo]/ noun

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The verdict

“pollo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,435) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,435
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ejemplar juvenil de un ave, en especial de la gallina.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pollo · pollo · Spanish

pollo · rank #3,435 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,435
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH podamos

Nearest frequency peer: podamos (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “pollo”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “pollo” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pollo vs poo
60% similar
pollo vs pozo
60% similar
pollo vs polo
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pollo
PropertyValue
Headwordpollo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpoʝo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,435
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “pollo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pollocae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “podamos” (#3,434), “pones” (#3,436), “piensas” (#3,433). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pollo” va en #3,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pollo is neighbouring look-alikes ("poo", "pozo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈpoʝo]. Frequency #3,435 among 6,028 “P” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for pollo, with forms such as "opllo", "plolo", and "polol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poo", "pozo", "polo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 pollo, spelled P-O-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ejemplar juvenil de un ave, en especial de la gallina.
  2. 2
    Carne de este ave, utilizada como alimento.
  3. 3
    Chico joven.
  4. 4
    Escupitajo.
  5. 5
    Situación escandalosa o confusa.
  6. 6
    Un gramo de algún estupefaciente que se consuma esnifándose, como por ejemplo la cocaína.

This word in other languages

chick(English)Hähnchen(Deutsch)pinto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opllo
  • plolo
  • polol
  • ppollo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pollo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opllo2plolo2polol2ppollo1
Edit distance from "pollo"

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 "pollo"?
"pollo" is spelled P-O-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpoʝo].
What does "pollo" mean?
As a noun, "pollo" means: Ejemplar juvenil de un ave, en especial de la gallina.
What words are commonly confused with "pollo"?
"pollo" is commonly confused with "poo", "pozo", "polo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pollo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pollo" is [ˈpoʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pollo" come from?
"pollo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pones#3,436reloj#3,440mueve#3,429lleve#3,427

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list