por el amor de Dios

[poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos]

/[poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos]/ phrase

The verdict

“por el amor de Dios” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresión que denota ruego, enojo o sorpresa.

Key facts for por el amor de Dios
PropertyValue
Headwordpor el amor de Dios
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos]
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “por el amor de Dios” sits in Spanish frequency

por el amor de Dios falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for por el amor de Dios is 19 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Expresión que denota ruego, enojo o sorpresa.".

No misspelling variants are generated for por el amor de Dios in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 por el amor de Dios, spelled P-O-R- -E-L- -A-M-O-R- -D-E- -D-I-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expresión que denota ruego, enojo o sorpresa.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "por el amor de Dios"?
"por el amor de Dios" is spelled P-O-R- -E-L- -A-M-O-R- -D-E- -D-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos].
What does "por el amor de Dios" mean?
As a phrase, "por el amor de Dios" means: Expresión que denota ruego, enojo o sorpresa.
How do you pronounce "por el amor de Dios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "por el amor de Dios" is [poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “por el amor de Dios”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-R- -E-L- -A-M-O-R- -D-E- -D-I-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [poɾ el aˈmoɾ ð̞e ˈð̞jos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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