pomelo

/[poˈmelo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,310

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

pomelo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fruto comestible, con sabor ligeramente amargo y ácido, del color del limón y más grande que la naranja, a la que se le parece en la forma. Pronounced [poˈmelo]. Often confused with pomo and poseo.

Key facts for pomelo
PropertyValue
Headwordpomelo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poˈmelo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,310
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pomelo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈmelo]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,310 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fruto comestible, con sabor ligeramente amargo y ácido, del color del limón y más grande que la naranja, a la que se le parece en la forma.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pomelo, with forms such as "opmelo", "pmoelo", and "poemlo". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pomo", "poseo", "ponele", 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 pomelo, spelled P-O-M-E-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruto comestible, con sabor ligeramente amargo y ácido, del color del limón y más grande que la naranja, a la que se le parece en la forma.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opmelo,pmoelo,poemlo,pomello,pomeol,pomleo,pommelo,ppomelo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pomelo

Misspelling Variants of "pomelo"

opmelo6pmoelo6poemlo6pomello7pomeol6pomleo6pommelo7ppomelo7
Misspelling Variants of "pomelo"

Frequency rank: #38,310 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pomelo"?
"pomelo" is spelled P-O-M-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈmelo].
What does "pomelo" mean?
As a noun, "pomelo" means: Fruto comestible, con sabor ligeramente amargo y ácido, del color del limón y más grande que la naranja, a la que se le parece en la forma.
What words are commonly confused with "pomelo"?
"pomelo" is commonly confused with "pomo", "poseo", "ponele". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pomelo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pomelo" is [poˈmelo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pomelo" come from?
"pomelo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.