propano
[pɾoˈpano]
The verdict
“propano” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #48,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,627
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gas incoloro e inodoro que pertenece a los hidrocarburos alifáticos con enlaces simples de carbono, conocidos como alcanos. Su fórmula química es C₃H₈.
Corpus desk
Index ES-propano · propano · Spanish
propano · rank #48,627 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,627
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH programan
Nearest frequency peer: programan (-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 “propano”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- procedencias
procedencias
51,377 corpus weight
- profile
profile
51,376 corpus weight
- programan
programan
51,375 corpus weight
- propano
propano
51,374 corpus weight
- prostíbulos
prostíbulos
51,373 corpus weight
- pupilos
pupilos
51,371 corpus weight
What this shows “propano” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾoˈpano] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “propano”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around propano (IPA [pɾoˈpano]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,627 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gas incoloro e inodoro que pertenece a los hidrocarburos alifáticos con enlaces simples de carbono, conocidos como alcanos. Su fórmula química es C₃H₈.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for propano, with forms such as "porpano", "ppropano", and "proapno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "propio", "propone", "propuso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is propano, spelled P-R-O-P-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Gas incoloro e inodoro que pertenece a los hidrocarburos alifáticos con enlaces simples de carbono, conocidos como alcanos. Su fórmula química es C₃H₈.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porpano
- ppropano
- proapno
- propanno
- propaon
- propnao
- proppano
- prpoano
- prropano
- rpopano
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propano - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).