pomada
[poˈmað̞a]
The verdict
“pomada” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,279 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,279
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Preparado elaborado con grasa y diversas sustancias, utilizado como cosmético o medicamento de uso externo.
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 | pomada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈmað̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pomada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pomada is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈmað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,279 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Preparado elaborado con grasa y diversas sustancias, utilizado como cosmético o medicamento de uso externo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pomada, with forms such as "opmada", "pmoada", and "poamda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Prada", "pompa", "Pomar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pomada, spelled P-O-M-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Preparado elaborado con grasa y diversas sustancias, utilizado como cosmético o medicamento de uso externo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opmada,pmoada,poamda,pomaad,pomadda,pomdaa,pommada,ppomada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pomada - 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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Using “pomada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-M-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poˈmað̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Prada” - see the side-by-side comparison. pomada vs Prada
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.