propensión

/[pɾopẽnˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,773

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

propensión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tendencia de una persona a realizar algo por gusto. Pronounced [pɾopẽnˈsjõn]. Often confused with propenso and propensos.

Key facts for propensión
PropertyValue
Headwordpropensión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾopẽnˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#36,773
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for propensión is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾopẽnˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,773 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tendencia de una persona a realizar algo por gusto.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for propensión, with forms such as "porpensión", "ppropensión", and "proepnsión". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "propenso", "propensos", "propulsión", 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 propensión, spelled P-R-O-P-E-N-S-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendencia de una persona a realizar algo por gusto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porpensión,ppropensión,proepnsión,propención,propenisón,propennsión,propensinó,propensiónn,propenssión,propensóin,propesnión,propnesión,proppensión,prpoensión,prropensión,rpopensión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for propensión

Misspelling Variants of "propensión"

porpensión10ppropensión11proepnsión10propención10propenisón10propennsión11propensinó10propensiónn11
Misspelling Variants of "propensión"

Frequency rank: #36,773 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "propensión"?
"propensión" is spelled P-R-O-P-E-N-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾopẽnˈsjõn].
What does "propensión" mean?
As a noun, "propensión" means: Tendencia de una persona a realizar algo por gusto.
What words are commonly confused with "propensión"?
"propensión" is commonly confused with "propenso", "propensos", "propulsión". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "propensión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "propensión" is [pɾopẽnˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "propensión" come from?
"propensión" 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.