prometen

/[pɾoˈmet̪ẽn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,940

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

prometen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse. Pronounced [pɾoˈmet̪ẽn]. Often confused with prometo and prometí.

Key facts for prometen
PropertyValue
Headwordprometen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈmet̪ẽn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,940
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for prometen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈmet̪ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,940 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for prometen, with forms such as "pormeten", "pprometen", and "prmoeten". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "prometo", "prometí", "proveen", 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 prometen, spelled P-R-O-M-E-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pormeten,pprometen,prmoeten,proemten,promeetn,prometenn,prometne,prometten,prommeten,promteen,prrometen,rpometen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prometen

Misspelling Variants of "prometen"

pormeten8pprometen9prmoeten8proemten8promeetn8prometenn9prometne8prometten9
Misspelling Variants of "prometen"

Frequency rank: #15,940 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prometen"?
"prometen" is spelled P-R-O-M-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈmet̪ẽn].
What does "prometen" mean?
As a verb, "prometen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prometer o de prometerse.
What words are commonly confused with "prometen"?
"prometen" is commonly confused with "prometo", "prometí", "proveen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prometen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prometen" is [pɾoˈmet̪ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prometen" come from?
"prometen" 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.