profecía

[pɾofeˈsia]

/[pɾofeˈsia]/ noun

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The verdict

“profecía” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,692
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial.

Corpus desk

Index ES-profecia · profecía · Spanish

profecía · rank #15,692 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,692
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH poético

Nearest frequency peer: poético (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “profecía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “profecía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

profecía vs profeta
75% similar
profecía vs profesa
75% similar
profecía vs proyecta
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for profecía
PropertyValue
Headwordprofecía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾofeˈsia]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,692
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “profecía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).profecíacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “poético” (#15,691), “prohibidas” (#15,693), “potasio” (#15,690). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “profecía” va en #15,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around profecía (IPA [pɾofeˈsia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,692 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial.
  2. 2
    Opinión que se crea sobre algo por las señales que se manifiestan.
  3. 3
    Don sobrenatural que, según algunas religiones, permite a sus poseedores conocer anticipadamente el futuro
  4. 4
    Predicción hecha en virtud de este don
  5. 5
    Por extensión, opinión formada por la interpretación de indicios acerca del futuro
  6. 6
    Cualquiera de los libros de la Biblia que contiene profecías₂
  7. 7
    Palabras de inspiración divina que son comunicadas por profetas para instruir, corregir o guiar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how profecía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cuando falta la profecía, el pueblo se desenfrena, pero el que guarda la Ley es bienaventurado.

Synonyms

pronósticorevelaciónvaticiniopresagiojuicioconjeturapronósticopresagiopronósticorevelaciónvaticiniojuicioconjeturapronóstico

This word in other languages

prophecy(English)prophétie(Français)Weissagung(Deutsch)profecia(Português)

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.

porfecía2pprofecía1prfoecía2proefcía2profceía2profecaí2profeccía1profeíca2
Edit distance from "profecía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profecía"?
"profecía" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-C-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾofeˈsia].
What does "profecía" mean?
As a noun, "profecía" means: Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial.
What words are commonly confused with "profecía"?
"profecía" is commonly confused with "profeta", "profesa", "proyecta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profecía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profecía" is [pɾofeˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profecía" come from?
"profecía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "profecía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prometer#15,694rebeldía#15,699patronal#15,683requiera#15,707

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pasarse11 variantspadecer11 variantsopuestas11 variantsobtenga11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list