pueblo

[ˈpweβ̞lo]

/[ˈpweβ̞lo]/ noun

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The verdict

“pueblo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #244. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#244
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lugar donde vive un conjunto de familias o una comunidad humana no muy numerosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pueblo · pueblo · Spanish

pueblo · rank #244 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #244
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH misma

Nearest frequency peer: misma (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “pueblo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “pueblo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pueblo vs puedo
67% similar
pueblo vs puesto
67% similar
pueblo vs puerto
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pueblo
PropertyValue
Headwordpueblo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpweβ̞lo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#244
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pueblo”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).pueblocae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “misma” (#243), “tenía” (#245), “podemos” (#242). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pueblo” va en #244. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pueblo (IPA [ˈpweβ̞lo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #244 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pueblo, with forms such as "peublo", "ppueblo", and "pubelo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "puedo", "puesto", "puerto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pueblo, spelled P-U-E-B-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lugar donde vive un conjunto de familias o una comunidad humana no muy numerosa.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de los habitantes de un país en relación con sus gobernantes.
  3. 3
    El conjunto completo de personas que constituyen una comunidad, tribu o nación.
  4. 4
    El conjunto de personas ordinarias en oposición a las personas favorecidas económica, social o culturalmente. La gente común.
  5. 5
    El conjunto completo de personas que constituyen un país con gobierno independiente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pueblo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Y él hablará por ti al pueblo y será a ti por boca y tú serás a él por señor».
  2. «Y, asimismo, mandamos que, cuanto es en razón de los excusados que debían tomar y de los alardes que han de hacer y de los pueblos que han de guardar, que usen todavía estas cosas, según se dice en los privilegios que les dimos […]».

Synonyms

masapoblaciónvulgonación

Antonyms

élite

This word in other languages

village(English)village(Français)Dorf(Deutsch)povo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • peublo
  • ppueblo
  • pubelo
  • puebblo
  • puebllo
  • puebol
  • puelbo
  • puevlo
  • upeblo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pueblo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

peublo2ppueblo1pubelo2puebblo1puebllo1puebol2puelbo2puevlo1
Edit distance from "pueblo"

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 "pueblo"?
"pueblo" is spelled P-U-E-B-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpweβ̞lo].
What does "pueblo" mean?
As a noun, "pueblo" means: Lugar donde vive un conjunto de familias o una comunidad humana no muy numerosa.
What words are commonly confused with "pueblo"?
"pueblo" is commonly confused with "puedo", "puesto", "puerto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pueblo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pueblo" is [ˈpweβ̞lo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pueblo" come from?
"pueblo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

España#236dentro#235alguna#254equipo#255

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

familia9 variantssemana9 variantssocial9 variantsalgunas9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list