podiovspolloTell them apart

Which to use

“podio” and “pollo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,763
“podio” frequency rank
#3,435
“pollo” frequency rank
17198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature podio pollo
Definition Plataforma, altar o tarima elevada, a la vista de los asistentes a algún acto o conmemoración Ejemplar juvenil de un ave, en especial de la gallina.

Where the eye mixes podio and pollo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
podio
5 ch
pollo

Look-alike desk: podio vs pollo

A purely visual mix-up. podio ([ˈpoð̞jo]) and pollo ([ˈpoʝo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

podio is recorded at frequency rank #13,763, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoð̞jo]. pollo is at rank #3,435, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoʝo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 17198, this pair ranks #273,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of podio vs pollo

Shared letters: op. Private to "podio": di. Private to "pollo": l.

"podio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "pollo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • podioopdio · pdoio · podoi · poido · ppodio
  • polloopllo · plolo · polol · ppollo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "podio" for "pollo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpoð̞jo] versus [ˈpoʝo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "podio" vs "pollo" - which ranks higher?
"pollo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,435 in our Spanish list, against #13,763 for "podio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "podio" and "pollo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "podio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pollo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "podio" and "pollo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "podio vs Pombo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #273,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list