positivas

/[posiˈt̪iβ̞as]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,718

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

positivas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de positivo. Pronounced [posiˈt̪iβ̞as]. It ranks #6,718 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with positivo and positivos.

Key facts for positivas
PropertyValue
Headwordpositivas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[posiˈt̪iβ̞as]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,718
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for positivas is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [posiˈt̪iβ̞as]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,718 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de positivo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for positivas, with forms such as "opsitivas", "pocitivas", and "poistivas". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "positivo", "positivos", "positiva", 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 positivas, spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de positivo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opsitivas,pocitivas,poistivas,posiitvas,positiavs,positibas,positivass,positivsa,positivvas,posittivas,positvias,possitivas,postiivas,ppositivas,psoitivas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for positivas

Misspelling Variants of "positivas"

opsitivas9pocitivas9poistivas9posiitvas9positiavs9positibas9positivass10positivsa9
Misspelling Variants of "positivas"

Frequency rank: #6,718 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "positivas"?
"positivas" is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [posiˈt̪iβ̞as].
What does "positivas" mean?
As an adj, "positivas" means: Forma del femenino plural de positivo.
What words are commonly confused with "positivas"?
"positivas" is commonly confused with "positivo", "positivos", "positiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "positivas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "positivas" is [posiˈt̪iβ̞as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "positivas" come from?
"positivas" 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.