propio
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#506
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
propio is anSpanishadj. It means: Relativo o perteneciente a alguien o a algo, en particular si se tiene la posesión, facultad, derechos o libertad exclusivos para disponer o hacer uso de ello. Pronounced [ˈpɾopjo]. It ranks #506 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with próximo and propios.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | propio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | [ˈpɾopjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for propio is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾopjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #506 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for propio, with forms such as "porpio", "ppropio", and "proipo". 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, "próximo", "propios", "propuso", 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 propio, spelled P-R-O-P-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Relativo o perteneciente a alguien o a algo, en particular si se tiene la posesión, facultad, derechos o libertad exclusivos para disponer o hacer uso de ello.
- 2Que es intrínsecamente característico de alguna persona, animal o cosa.
- 3Dicho de una conducta o acto, que es adecuado según la circunstancia.
- 4Que se refiere a quien habla o a lo mismo de lo cual se habla.
- 5Que hace parte de la condición original o natural de algo o alguien, en contraposición a postizo o accidental.
- 6Se dice del sentido o significado original de un vocablo o expresión, en contraposición a figurado o metafórico.
- 7Se dice de una imitación o copia que es casi exactamente igual a su original.
- 8Describe un accidente que se sigue necesariamente o es inseparable de la esencia y naturaleza de las cosas.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porpio,ppropio,proipo,propoi,proppio,prpoio,prropio,rpopio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for propio
Misspelling Variants of "propio"
Frequency rank: #506 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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