pupo
[ˈpupo]
The verdict
“pupo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #81,366 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,366
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cicatriz dejada en el bajo vientre al cortar el cordón umbilical que une la madre al neonato.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pupo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpupo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pupo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pupo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpupo]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,366 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cicatriz dejada en el bajo vientre al cortar el cordón umbilical que une la madre al neonato.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pupo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pupo, spelled P-U-P-O.
Definition
- 1Cicatriz dejada en el bajo vientre al cortar el cordón umbilical que une la madre al neonato.
Synonyms
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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 “pupo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpupo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.