pupo
[ˈpupo]
The verdict
“pupo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,366 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,366
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cicatriz dejada en el bajo vientre al cortar el cordón umbilical que une la madre al neonato.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pupo · pupo · Spanish
pupo · rank #81,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,366
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Pulla
Nearest frequency peer: Pulla (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pupo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pueblitos
pueblitos
18,639 corpus weight
- puercoespín
puercoespín
18,637 corpus weight
- Pulla
Pulla
18,636 corpus weight
- pupo
pupo
18,635 corpus weight
- quesito
quesito
18,632 corpus weight
- quinceañeras
quinceañeras
18,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pupo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “pupo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pupo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,366 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpupo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pupo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lo juramos. Un columnista dedicó su espacio para preguntarse qué había pasado con el pupo de Susy, que no estaba en las fotos de la revista.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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