proferir
[pɾofeˈɾiɾ]
The verdict
“proferir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,561 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,561
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enunciar palabras o sentencias en lenguaje hablado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-proferir · proferir · Spanish
proferir · rank #78,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,561
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH profanas
Nearest frequency peer: profanas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “proferir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- preñadas
preñadas
21,445 corpus weight
- profanas
profanas
21,441 corpus weight
- proferir
proferir
21,440 corpus weight
- programs
programs
21,439 corpus weight
- properties
properties
21,436 corpus weight
- propugnaba
propugnaba
21,435 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “proferir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proferir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾofeˈɾiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “proferir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
proferir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,561 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾofeˈɾiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
proferir has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is proferir, spelled P-R-O-F-E-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Enunciar palabras o sentencias en lenguaje hablado.
- 2Ofrecer, proponer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proferir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
] entonces: «Señor, ayúdame porque estoy en apuros.» Aquella fué la primera oración, si pudiese llamarse de ese modo, que había proferido en años.
Había llegado el malagueño al máximo de su embriaguez. Y así profirió estas palabras: // -El Cerdera... Cervera... Cosas de cerdo y de ciervo... me hago la cuzca en estos niñitos y en usted, señor oficial.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).