polvos
[ˈpolβ̞os]
The verdict
“polvos” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,212
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de polvo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-polvos · polvos · Spanish
polvos · rank #19,212 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,212
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH planeaba
Nearest frequency peer: planeaba (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “polvos”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- photo
photo
80,794 corpus weight
- planeaba
planeaba
80,790 corpus weight
- polvos
polvos
80,789 corpus weight
- popularmente
popularmente
80,788 corpus weight
- posguerra
posguerra
80,787 corpus weight
- preferimos
preferimos
80,785 corpus weight
What this shows “polvos” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polvos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpolβ̞os] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “polvos”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around polvos (IPA [ˈpolβ̞os]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,212 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de polvo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for polvos, with forms such as "oplvos", "plovos", and "polbos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pozos", "poros", "porros", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 polvos, spelled P-O-L-V-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de polvo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oplvos
- plovos
- polbos
- pollvos
- polovs
- polvoss
- polvso
- polvvos
- povlos
- ppolvos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of polvos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "polvos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).