positivo

/[posiˈt̪iβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,416

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

positivo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no da lugar a dudas. Pronounced [posiˈt̪iβ̞o]. It ranks #2,416 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with positivos and político.

Key facts for positivo
PropertyValue
Headwordpositivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[posiˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,416
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for positivo is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [posiˈt̪iβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,416 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for positivo, with forms such as "opsitivo", "pocitivo", and "poistivo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "positivos", "político", "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 positivo, spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no da lugar a dudas.
  2. 2
    Se dice de algo que existe, mejora o aumenta, en oposición a negativo, que se aplica a lo que falta.
  3. 3
    Que es de utilidad o sirve para mejorar o para lograr algo.
  4. 4
    Optimista, que ve el lado útil o afirmativo de las cosas.
  5. 5
    Se dice de lo afirmativo, contrapuesto a lo negativo.
  6. 6
    Se dice de cargas o características opuestas al negativo (como el opuesto la carga negativa del electrón).
  7. 7
    Se aplica al número o cifra que tiene un valor mayor de cero, o que está precedido por el signo (+).
  8. 8
    Se dice de una copia fotográfica en que las partes claras y oscuras aparecen como se ven en la realidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opsitivo,pocitivo,poistivo,posiitvo,positibo,positiov,positivvo,posittivo,positvio,possitivo,postiivo,ppositivo,psoitivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for positivo

Misspelling Variants of "positivo"

opsitivo8pocitivo8poistivo8posiitvo8positibo8positiov8positivvo9posittivo9
Misspelling Variants of "positivo"

Frequency rank: #2,416 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "positivo"?
"positivo" is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [posiˈt̪iβ̞o].
What does "positivo" mean?
As an adj, "positivo" means: Que no da lugar a dudas.
What words are commonly confused with "positivo"?
"positivo" is commonly confused with "positivos", "político", "positiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "positivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "positivo" is [posiˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "positivo" come from?
"positivo" 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.