profeta

/[pɾoˈfet̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,165

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

profeta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona que goza o dice gozar del don de predecir el futuro por medios sobrenaturales. Pronounced [pɾoˈfet̪a]. It ranks #8,165 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pronta and provea.

Key facts for profeta
PropertyValue
Headwordprofeta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoˈfet̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,165
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for profeta is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈfet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,165 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.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 profeta, with forms such as "porfeta", "pprofeta", and "prfoeta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pronta", "provea", "promesa", 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 profeta, spelled P-R-O-F-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que goza o dice gozar del don de predecir el futuro por medios sobrenaturales.
  2. 2
    Persona que habla o dice hablar por inspiración divina.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porfeta,pprofeta,prfoeta,proefta,profeat,profetta,proffeta,proftea,prrofeta,rpofeta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for profeta

Misspelling Variants of "profeta"

porfeta7pprofeta8prfoeta7proefta7profeat7profetta8proffeta8proftea7
Misspelling Variants of "profeta"

Frequency rank: #8,165 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "profeta"?
"profeta" is spelled P-R-O-F-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈfet̪a].
What does "profeta" mean?
As a noun, "profeta" means: Persona que goza o dice gozar del don de predecir el futuro por medios sobrenaturales.
What words are commonly confused with "profeta"?
"profeta" is commonly confused with "pronta", "provea", "promesa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "profeta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "profeta" is [pɾoˈfet̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "profeta" come from?
"profeta" 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.