prop

//pɹɒp// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,564

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

prop is aSpanishnoun. It means: Un objeto puesto contra o debajo de otro para soportarlo; cualquier cosa que soporta; soporte, sostén, puntal. Pronounced /pɹɒp/. Often confused with puro and PSOE.

Key facts for prop
PropertyValue
Headwordprop
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɹɒp/
Letters4
Frequency rank#41,564
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for prop is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɹɒp/. Corpus data places it at rank #41,564 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for prop, with forms such as "porp", "pprop", and "propp". 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, "puro", "PSOE", "pros", 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 prop, spelled P-R-O-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un objeto puesto contra o debajo de otro para soportarlo; cualquier cosa que soporta; soporte, sostén, puntal.
  2. 2
    Los jugadores a cada lado del hooker o talonador en una melé o scrum; pilares.
  3. 3
    Cualquiera de las conchas en el juego de props.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porp,pprop,propp,prpo,prrop,rpop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prop

Misspelling Variants of "prop"

porp4pprop5propp5prpo4prrop5rpop4
Misspelling Variants of "prop"

Frequency rank: #41,564 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prop"?
"prop" is spelled P-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is /pɹɒp/.
What does "prop" mean?
As a noun, "prop" means: Un objeto puesto contra o debajo de otro para soportarlo; cualquier cosa que soporta; soporte, sostén, puntal.
What words are commonly confused with "prop"?
"prop" is commonly confused with "puro", "PSOE", "pros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prop" is /pɹɒp/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prop" come from?
"prop" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Spanish index:

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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.