potestades
[pot̪esˈt̪að̞es]
The verdict
“potestades” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,826 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,826
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orden de ángeles que forman el sexto coro celestial en algunas tradiciones judeocristianas. Son espíritus bienaventurados que se encargan de mantener el equilibrio cósmico, mediando entre el mundo ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | potestades |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pot̪esˈt̪að̞es] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “potestades” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
potestades is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,826 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pot̪esˈt̪að̞es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orden de ángeles que forman el sexto coro celestial en algunas tradiciones judeocristianas. Son espíritus bienaventurados que se encargan de mantener el equilibrio cósmico, mediando entre el mundo ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for potestades, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is potestades, spelled P-O-T-E-S-T-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Orden de ángeles que forman el sexto coro celestial en algunas tradiciones judeocristianas. Son espíritus bienaventurados que se encargan de mantener el equilibrio cósmico, mediando entre el mundo espiritual y el físico, y entre las jerarquías superiores y las inferiores del reino divino.
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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-T-E-S-T-A-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pot̪esˈt̪að̞es] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.