polvo

/[ˈpolβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,005

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

polvo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier sustancia sólida, en especial tierra, reducida a gránulos de diámetro muy fino. Pronounced [ˈpolβ̞o]. It ranks #3,005 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with poo and pozo.

Key facts for polvo
PropertyValue
Headwordpolvo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpolβ̞o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,005
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of polvo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for polvo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpolβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,005 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for polvo, with forms such as "oplvo", "plovo", and "polbo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "poo", "pozo", "pomo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is polvo, spelled P-O-L-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier sustancia sólida, en especial tierra, reducida a gránulos de diámetro muy fino.
  2. 2
    Acto sexual, biológicamente funcional a la reproducción de los animales vertebrados, en que entran en contacto los genitales de los participantes.
  3. 3
    Orgasmo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplvo,plovo,polbo,pollvo,polov,polvvo,povlo,ppolvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for polvo

Misspelling Variants of "polvo"

oplvo5plovo5polbo5pollvo6polov5polvvo6povlo5ppolvo6
Misspelling Variants of "polvo"

Frequency rank: #3,005 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "polvo"?
"polvo" is spelled P-O-L-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpolβ̞o].
What does "polvo" mean?
As a noun, "polvo" means: Cualquier sustancia sólida, en especial tierra, reducida a gránulos de diámetro muy fino.
What words are commonly confused with "polvo"?
"polvo" is commonly confused with "poo", "pozo", "pomo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "polvo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polvo" is [ˈpolβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polvo" come from?
"polvo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.