proclama

/[pɾoˈklama]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,678

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

proclama is aSpanishnoun. It means: Comunicación o notificación pública y formal de un evento, acontecimiento o decisión de alguna autoridad o de interés general. Se usa regularmente hablando de los avisos de casamientos. Pronounced [pɾoˈklama]. Often confused with programa and proclamar.

Key facts for proclama
PropertyValue
Headwordproclama
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoˈklama]
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,678
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for proclama is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈklama]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,678 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for proclama, with forms such as "porclama", "pproclama", and "prcolama". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "programa", "proclamar", "proclaman", 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 proclama, spelled P-R-O-C-L-A-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comunicación o notificación pública y formal de un evento, acontecimiento o decisión de alguna autoridad o de interés general. Se usa regularmente hablando de los avisos de casamientos.
  2. 2
    Alocución política o militar, de viva voz o por escrito.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porclama,pproclama,prcolama,procalma,procclama,proclaam,proclamma,procllama,proclmaa,prolcama,prroclama,rpoclama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for proclama

Misspelling Variants of "proclama"

porclama8pproclama9prcolama8procalma8procclama9proclaam8proclamma9procllama9
Misspelling Variants of "proclama"

Frequency rank: #14,678 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proclama"?
"proclama" is spelled P-R-O-C-L-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈklama].
What does "proclama" mean?
As a noun, "proclama" means: Comunicación o notificación pública y formal de un evento, acontecimiento o decisión de alguna autoridad o de interés general. Se usa regularmente hablando de los avisos de casamientos.
What words are commonly confused with "proclama"?
"proclama" is commonly confused with "programa", "proclamar", "proclaman". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proclama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proclama" is [pɾoˈklama]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proclama" come from?
"proclama" 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.