pulso

/[ˈpulso]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,302

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pulso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Latido intermitente de las arterias, que se siente en varias partes del cuerpo y especialmente en la muñeca. Pronounced [ˈpulso]. It ranks #8,302 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pus and puso.

Key facts for pulso
PropertyValue
Headwordpulso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpulso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,302
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pulso in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pulso is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpulso]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,302 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pulso, with forms such as "pluso", "ppulso", and "pullso". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pus", "puso", "puro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pulso, spelled P-U-L-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Latido intermitente de las arterias, que se siente en varias partes del cuerpo y especialmente en la muñeca.
  2. 2
    Parte de la muñeca donde se siente el latido de la arteria.
  3. 3
    Seguridad o firmeza en la mano para ejecutar una acción con acierto; como jugar la espada, escribir, etc.
  4. 4
    Tiento o cuidado en un negocio.
  5. 5
    Pulseada (competencia de fuerza).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pluso,ppulso,pullso,pulos,pulsso,puslo,uplso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pulso

Misspelling Variants of "pulso"

pluso5ppulso6pullso6pulos5pulsso6puslo5uplso5
Misspelling Variants of "pulso"

Frequency rank: #8,302 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pulso"?
"pulso" is spelled P-U-L-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpulso].
What does "pulso" mean?
As a noun, "pulso" means: Latido intermitente de las arterias, que se siente en varias partes del cuerpo y especialmente en la muñeca.
What words are commonly confused with "pulso"?
"pulso" is commonly confused with "pus", "puso", "puro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pulso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pulso" is [ˈpulso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pulso" come from?
"pulso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.