prole

[ˈpɾole]

/[ˈpɾole]/ noun

The verdict

“prole” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,789
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Descendencia, linaje o hijos de una persona.

Corpus desk

Index ES-prole · prole · Spanish

prole · rank #33,789 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,789
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH produciéndose

Nearest frequency peer: produciéndose (-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 “prole”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “prole” 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).

prole vs PSOE
0% similar
prole vs pros
60% similar
prole vs prov
60% similar

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

Key facts for prole
PropertyValue
Headwordprole
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɾole]
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,789
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “prole”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).prolecae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “produciéndose” (#33,788), “Prometeo” (#33,790), “privilegiadas” (#33,787). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “prole” va en #33,789. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around prole (IPA [ˈpɾole]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,789 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for prole, with forms such as "porle", "pprole", and "prloe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PSOE", "pros", "prov", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is prole, spelled P-R-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Descendencia, linaje o hijos de una persona.
  2. 2
    Término jurídico utilizado para referirse a los hijos de una persona.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how prole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Quenoveva nos pasó a Mary y a mí al despacho del torrero, lo mejor de la casa, y cerró la puerta para que la prole de chicos y chicas no se nos amontonaran encima».
  2. «Su sueldo será destinado a su prole para su supervivencia»

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porle
  • pprole
  • prloe
  • proel
  • prolle
  • prrole
  • rpole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prole - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porle2pprole1prloe2proel2prolle1prrole1rpole2
Edit distance from "prole"

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 "prole"?
"prole" is spelled P-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾole].
What does "prole" mean?
As a noun, "prole" means: Descendencia, linaje o hijos de una persona.
What words are commonly confused with "prole"?
"prole" is commonly confused with "PSOE", "pros", "prov". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prole" is [ˈpɾole]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prole" come from?
"prole" 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 "prole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list