progreso

[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]

/[pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]/ noun

The verdict

“progreso” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,744
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de avanzar o de ir hacia adelante.

Corpus desk

Index ES-progreso · progreso · Spanish

progreso · rank #2,744 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,744
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH princesa

Nearest frequency peer: princesa (-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 “progreso”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “progreso” 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).

progreso vs progress
88% similar
progreso vs progresos
89% similar
progreso vs progre
75% similar

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

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “progreso”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “princesa” (#2,743), “puesta” (#2,745), “rol” (#2,746). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “progreso” va en #2,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around progreso (IPA [pɾoˈɣ̞ɾeso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,744 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for progreso, with forms such as "porgreso", "pprogreso", and "prgoreso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is progreso, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-O.

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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porgreso
  • pprogreso
  • prgoreso
  • progerso
  • proggreso
  • progreos
  • progresso
  • progrreso
  • progrseo
  • prorgeso
  • prrogreso
  • rpogreso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of progreso - 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.

porgreso2pprogreso1prgoreso2progerso2proggreso1progreos2progresso1progrreso1
Edit distance from "progreso"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list