pómulo
[ˈpomulo]
The verdict
“pómulo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,309 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,309
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hueso par, corto y compacto del cráneo humano, ubicado en la parte superior y lateral de la cara formando una prominencia en la mejilla. Se articula con el temporal, el maxilar y el esfenoides, y t...
Corpus desk
Index ES-pomulo · pómulo · Spanish
pómulo · rank #83,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,309
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH póstumamente
Nearest frequency peer: póstumamente (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pómulo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pulsada
pulsada
16,696 corpus weight
- purismo
purismo
16,695 corpus weight
- pómulo
pómulo
16,692 corpus weight
- póstumamente
póstumamente
16,691 corpus weight
- púbica
púbica
16,690 corpus weight
- quemará
quemará
16,689 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pómulo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pómulo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpomulo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pómulo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pómulo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,309 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpomulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hueso par, corto y compacto del cráneo humano, ubicado en la parte superior y lateral de la cara formando una prominencia en la mejilla. Se articula con el temporal, el maxilar y el esfenoides, y t...".
No misspelling variants are generated for pómulo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is pómulo, spelled P-Ó-M-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Hueso par, corto y compacto del cráneo humano, ubicado en la parte superior y lateral de la cara formando una prominencia en la mejilla. Se articula con el temporal, el maxilar y el esfenoides, y también con el etmoides y el frontal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pómulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Tienen los pómulos hinchados y la ropa rasgada».
«No era prognato, como la mayoría de los africanos, ni sus rasgos faciales correspondían al fenotipo de los malinkés —labios gruesos, nariz ancha, pómulos salientes—, pues como le explicó esa misma tarde, su tatarabuelo había sido un colonizador portugués que contrajo matrimonio con una aborigen».
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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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