progreso

/[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,744

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

progreso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante. Pronounced [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]. It ranks #2,744 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with progress and progresos.

Key facts for progreso
PropertyValue
Headwordprogreso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,744
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for progreso is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,744 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for progreso, with forms such as "porgreso", "pprogreso", and "prgoreso". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "progress", "progresos", "progre", 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 progreso, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante.
  2. 2
    Proceso ascendente y positivo de una civilización en ciertos aspectos, tales como el técnico, el ético, el democrático, etc.
  3. 3
    Proceso o resultado de hacer o hacerse mejor, más deseable, completo o cercano a una meta, ideal o plan.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porgreso,pprogreso,prgoreso,progerso,proggreso,progreos,progresso,progrreso,progrseo,prorgeso,prrogreso,rpogreso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for progreso

Misspelling Variants of "progreso"

porgreso8pprogreso9prgoreso8progerso8proggreso9progreos8progresso9progrreso9
Misspelling Variants of "progreso"

Frequency rank: #2,744 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "progreso"?
"progreso" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso].
What does "progreso" mean?
As a noun, "progreso" means: Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante.
What words are commonly confused with "progreso"?
"progreso" is commonly confused with "progress", "progresos", "progre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "progreso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "progreso" is [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "progreso" come from?
"progreso" 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.