poseía

[poseˈia]

/[poseˈia]/ verb

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The verdict

“poseía” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,450
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de poseer.

Corpus desk

Index ES-poseia · poseía · Spanish

poseía · rank #12,450 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,450
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH porte

Nearest frequency peer: porte (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “poseía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “poseía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

poseía vs posta
67% similar
poseía vs poseo
67% similar
poseía vs Poveda
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for poseía
PropertyValue
Headwordposeía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[poseˈia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,450
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “poseía”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.poseíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “porte” (#12,449), “postales” (#12,451), “ponerla” (#12,448). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “poseía” va en #12,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around poseía (IPA [poseˈia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,450 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for poseía, with forms such as "opseía", "poceía", and "poesía". 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, "posta", "poseo", "Poveda", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 poseía, spelled P-O-S-E-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de poseer.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de poseer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opseía
  • poceía
  • poesía
  • poseaí
  • posseía
  • posíea
  • pposeía
  • psoeía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of poseía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opseía2poceía1poesía2poseaí2posseía1posíea2pposeía1psoeía2
Edit distance from "poseía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "poseía"?
"poseía" is spelled P-O-S-E-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [poseˈia].
What does "poseía" mean?
As a verb, "poseía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de poseer.
What words are commonly confused with "poseía"?
"poseía" is commonly confused with "posta", "poseo", "Poveda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "poseía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "poseía" is [poseˈia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "poseía" come from?
"poseía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "poseía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pollos#12,446pasiva#12,440Morris#12,431morada#12,430

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

misil8 variantsLauren8 variantstierna8 variantstutela8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list