public
[py.blik]
The verdict
“public” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,212 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #14,212
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Público
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 | public |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [py.blik] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “public” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for public is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [py.blik]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,212 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Público".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for public, with forms such as "pbulic", "ppublic", and "pubblic". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pulir", "público", "publica", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is public, spelled P-U-B-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Público
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pbulic,ppublic,pubblic,pubilc,publci,publicc,publlic,pulbic,puvlic,upblic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of public - 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.
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Using “public”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-B-L-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [py.blik] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pulir” - see the side-by-side comparison. public vs pulir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.