profecía

/[pɾofeˈsia]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,692

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

profecía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Predicción clarividente del futuro por resultado de un don especial. Pronounced [pɾofeˈsia]. Often confused with profeta and profesa.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profecía is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for profecía, with forms such as "porfecía", "pprofecía", and "prfoecía". 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 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 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 profecía, spelled P-R-O-F-E-C-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfecía,pprofecía,prfoecía,proefcía,profceía,profecaí,profeccía,profeíca,proffecía,prrofecía,rpofecía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profecía

Misspelling Variants of "profecía"

porfecía8pprofecía9prfoecía8proefcía8profceía8profecaí8profeccía9profeíca8
Misspelling Variants of "profecía"

Frequency rank: #15,692 in Spanish

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.