pota
[ˈpot̪a]
The verdict
“pota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,458 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,458
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de potar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pota · pota · Spanish
pota · rank #79,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,458
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH porteadores
Nearest frequency peer: porteadores (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pota”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- porteadores
porteadores
20,545 corpus weight
- pota
pota
20,543 corpus weight
- precipicios
precipicios
20,541 corpus weight
- precipitados
precipitados
20,540 corpus weight
- prediciendo
prediciendo
20,539 corpus weight
- preguntarás
preguntarás
20,538 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pota” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpot̪a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,458 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pota, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pota, spelled P-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de potar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de potar.
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.
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