posse
[ˈpɔs.sɛ]
The verdict
“posse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,630
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infinitivo presente activo de possum.
Corpus desk
Index ES-posse · posse · Spanish
posse · rank #42,630 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,630
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH postulaciones
Nearest frequency peer: postulaciones (+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 “posse”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- pondrás
pondrás
57,377 corpus weight
- pondrías
pondrías
57,376 corpus weight
- portuarios
portuarios
57,373 corpus weight
- posse
posse
57,371 corpus weight
- postulacion…
postulaciones
57,370 corpus weight
- predecibles
predecibles
57,368 corpus weight
What this shows “posse” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | posse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɔs.sɛ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “posse”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around posse (IPA [ˈpɔs.sɛ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,630 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Infinitivo presente activo de possum.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for posse, with forms such as "opsse", "posce", and "poses". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "post", "puse", "PSOE", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is posse, spelled P-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Infinitivo presente activo de possum.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opsse
- posce
- poses
- pposse
- psose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "posse"?
What does "posse" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "posse"?
How do you pronounce "posse"?
What language does "posse" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "posse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).