potus

[ˈpot̪us]

/[ˈpot̪us]/ noun

The verdict

“potus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,335 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,335
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Epipremnum aureum) Especie de la familia Araceae nativa del Malasia, Indonesia y Nueva Guinea. Es una liana que puede alcanzar 20 m de alto, con tallos de hasta 4 cm de diámetro. Trepa mediante ra...

Corpus desk

Index ES-potus · potus · Spanish

potus · rank #71,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,335
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH potaje

Nearest frequency peer: potaje (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “potus”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “potus” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for potus
PropertyValue
Headwordpotus
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpot̪us]
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “potus” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.potuscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “potaje” (#71,334), “portaviones” (#71,333), “pragmáticas” (#71,337). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “potus” va en #71,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

potus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,335 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpot̪us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Epipremnum aureum) Especie de la familia Araceae nativa del Malasia, Indonesia y Nueva Guinea. Es una liana que puede alcanzar 20 m de alto, con tallos de hasta 4 cm de diámetro. Trepa mediante ra...".

potus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 potus, spelled P-O-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Epipremnum aureum) Especie de la familia Araceae nativa del Malasia, Indonesia y Nueva Guinea. Es una liana que puede alcanzar 20 m de alto, con tallos de hasta 4 cm de diámetro. Trepa mediante raíces aéreas que se enganchan a las ramas de los árboles. Las hojas son perennes, alternas y acorazonadas, enteras en las plantas jóvenes, pero irregularmente pinnadas en las maduras y de hasta 1 m de largo por 45 cm de ancho (en las plantas jóvenes no superan los 20 cm de largo). Esta planta florece muy raramente, ya sea en la naturaleza o cultivada, debido a que no sintetiza la fitohormona giberelina, produciéndose la floración si se suministra de manera artificial. Ampliamente usada y vendida como planta de interior.

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 "potus"?
"potus" is spelled P-O-T-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpot̪us].
What does "potus" mean?
As a noun, "potus" means: (Epipremnum aureum) Especie de la familia Araceae nativa del Malasia, Indonesia y Nueva Guinea. Es una liana que puede alcanzar 20 m de alto, con tallos de hasta 4 cm de diámetro. Trepa mediante ra...
How do you pronounce "potus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "potus" is [ˈpot̪us]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "potus" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "potus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list