posponer

/[pospoˈneɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,551

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

posponer is aSpanishverb. It means: Situar o poner una cosa o persona después de otra. Pronounced [pospoˈneɾ]. Often confused with proponer.

Key facts for posponer
PropertyValue
Headwordposponer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pospoˈneɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,551
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for posponer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pospoˈneɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,551 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for posponer, with forms such as "opsponer", "popsoner", and "posopner". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "proponer", 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 posponer, spelled P-O-S-P-O-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situar o poner una cosa o persona después de otra.
  2. 2
    Dejar para después la realización de una acción.
  3. 3
    Asignar una categoría inferior en una escala de prioridades o afectos.
  4. 4
    Agregar un elemento después de una palabra, fundiéndose con ella.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opsponer,popsoner,posopner,pospnoer,pospoenr,posponerr,posponner,posponre,pospponer,possponer,pposponer,psoponer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for posponer

Misspelling Variants of "posponer"

opsponer8popsoner8posopner8pospnoer8pospoenr8posponerr9posponner9posponre8
Misspelling Variants of "posponer"

Frequency rank: #23,551 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "posponer"?
"posponer" is spelled P-O-S-P-O-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pospoˈneɾ].
What does "posponer" mean?
As a verb, "posponer" means: Situar o poner una cosa o persona después de otra.
What words are commonly confused with "posponer"?
"posponer" is commonly confused with "proponer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "posponer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posponer" is [pospoˈneɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "posponer" come from?
"posponer" 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.