porciento
[poɾˈsjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“porciento” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,281 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,281
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Proporción de una cantidad respecto a otra divida en cien partes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | porciento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poɾˈsjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “porciento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for porciento is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poɾˈsjẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,281 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Proporción de una cantidad respecto a otra divida en cien partes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for porciento, with forms such as "oprciento", "pocriento", and "porcciento". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "porcino", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is porciento, spelled P-O-R-C-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Proporción de una cantidad respecto a otra divida en cien partes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oprciento,pocriento,porcciento,porceinto,porciennto,porcienot,porcientto,porcietno,porcineto,poricento,porrciento,porsiento,pporciento,prociento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of porciento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “porciento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-R-C-I-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poɾˈsjẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “porcino” - see the side-by-side comparison. porciento vs porcino
- 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.