profecía
[pɾofeˈsia]
The verdict
“profecía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,692 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,692
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial.
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 | profecía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾofeˈsia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “profecía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for profecía is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾofeˈsia]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,692 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for profecía, with forms such as "porfecía", "pprofecía", and "prfoecía". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "profeta", "profesa", "proyecta", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is profecía, spelled P-R-O-F-E-C-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial.
- 2Opinión que se crea sobre algo por las señales que se manifiestan.
- 3Don sobrenatural que, según algunas religiones, permite a sus poseedores conocer anticipadamente el futuro
- 4Predicción hecha en virtud de este don
- 5Por extensión, opinión formada por la interpretación de indicios acerca del futuro
- 6Cualquiera de los libros de la Biblia que contiene profecías₂
- 7Palabras de inspiración divina que son comunicadas por profetas para instruir, corregir o guiar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porfecía,pprofecía,prfoecía,proefcía,profceía,profecaí,profeccía,profeíca,proffecía,prrofecía,rpofecía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of profecía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “profecía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-F-E-C-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾofeˈsia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “profeta” - see the side-by-side comparison. profecía vs profeta
- 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.