pour la plupart

[puʁ la ply.paʁ]

/[puʁ la ply.paʁ]/ phrase

The verdict

“pour la plupart” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En su mayor parte, en su mayoría, para la mayor parte o para la mayoría.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pour-la-plupart · pour la plupart · Spanish

pour la plupart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for pour la plupart
PropertyValue
Headwordpour la plupart
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[puʁ la ply.paʁ]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pour la plupart” en español

pour la plupartestá más allá de las 100.000 formas más frecuentes del español, en la cola de léxico especializado o poco usado donde la duda ortográfica aprieta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pour la plupart is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [puʁ la ply.paʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En su mayor parte, en su mayoría, para la mayor parte o para la mayoría.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pour la plupart, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pour la plupart, spelled P-O-U-R- -L-A- -P-L-U-P-A-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En su mayor parte, en su mayoría, para la mayor parte o para la mayoría.

Synonyms

en généralen grande partieen majeure partieen majoritégénéralementprincipalementsurtout

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour la plupart"?
"pour la plupart" is spelled P-O-U-R- -L-A- -P-L-U-P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [puʁ la ply.paʁ].
What does "pour la plupart" mean?
As a phrase, "pour la plupart" means: En su mayor parte, en su mayoría, para la mayor parte o para la mayoría.
How do you pronounce "pour la plupart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pour la plupart" is [puʁ la ply.paʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pour la plupart" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list