procura

/[pɾoˈkuɾa]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,679

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

procura is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de procurar. Pronounced [pɾoˈkuɾa]. Often confused with procuro and procurar.

Key facts for procura
PropertyValue
Headwordprocura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈkuɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,679
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for procura is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈkuɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,679 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for procura, with forms such as "porcura", "pprocura", and "prcoura". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "procuro", "procurar", "procuran", 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 procura, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de procurar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de procurar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porcura,pprocura,prcoura,proccura,procrua,procuar,procurra,proucra,prrocura,rpocura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for procura

Misspelling Variants of "procura"

porcura7pprocura8prcoura7proccura8procrua7procuar7procurra8proucra7
Misspelling Variants of "procura"

Frequency rank: #12,679 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "procura"?
"procura" is spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈkuɾa].
What does "procura" mean?
As a verb, "procura" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de procurar.
What words are commonly confused with "procura"?
"procura" is commonly confused with "procuro", "procurar", "procuran". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "procura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "procura" is [pɾoˈkuɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "procura" come from?
"procura" 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.