pose

/[ˈpose]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,046

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pose is aSpanishnoun. It means: Postura estudiada, por lo general forzada. Pronounced [ˈpose]. Often confused with pue and pot.

Key facts for pose
PropertyValue
Headwordpose
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpose]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18,046
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pose is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpose]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,046 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for pose, with forms such as "opse", "poce", and "poes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pue", "pot", "pou", 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 pose, spelled P-O-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Postura estudiada, por lo general forzada.
  2. 2
    Acomodo para una fotografía, que sabe a impostura.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opse,poce,poes,ppose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pose

Misspelling Variants of "pose"

opse4poce4poes4ppose5
Misspelling Variants of "pose"

Frequency rank: #18,046 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pose"?
"pose" is spelled P-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpose].
What does "pose" mean?
As a noun, "pose" means: Postura estudiada, por lo general forzada.
What words are commonly confused with "pose"?
"pose" is commonly confused with "pue", "pot", "pou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pose" is [ˈpose]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pose" come from?
"pose" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.