propenso

/[pɾoˈpẽnso]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,522

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

propenso is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio irregular de propender. Pronounced [pɾoˈpẽnso]. Often confused with propuso and propongo.

Key facts for propenso
PropertyValue
Headwordpropenso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈpẽnso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,522
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for propenso is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈpẽnso]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,522 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio irregular de propender.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for propenso, with forms such as "porpenso", "ppropenso", and "proepnso". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "propuso", "propongo", "propensos", 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 propenso, spelled P-R-O-P-E-N-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio irregular de propender.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porpenso,ppropenso,proepnso,propennso,propenos,propesno,propneso,proppenso,prpoenso,prropenso,rpopenso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for propenso

Misspelling Variants of "propenso"

porpenso8ppropenso9proepnso8propennso9propenos8propesno8propneso8proppenso9
Misspelling Variants of "propenso"

Frequency rank: #28,522 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "propenso"?
"propenso" is spelled P-R-O-P-E-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈpẽnso].
What does "propenso" mean?
As a verb, "propenso" means: Participio irregular de propender.
What words are commonly confused with "propenso"?
"propenso" is commonly confused with "propuso", "propongo", "propensos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "propenso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "propenso" is [pɾoˈpẽnso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "propenso" come from?
"propenso" 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.