propone

/[pɾoˈpone]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,076

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

propone is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proponer. Pronounced [pɾoˈpone]. It ranks #3,076 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with propuse and proponer.

Key facts for propone
PropertyValue
Headwordpropone
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈpone]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,076
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for propone is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈpone]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,076 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for propone, with forms such as "porpone", "ppropone", and "proopne". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "propuse", "proponer", "propongo", 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 propone, spelled P-R-O-P-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proponer.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de proponer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porpone,ppropone,proopne,propnoe,propoen,proponne,proppone,prpoone,prropone,rpopone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for propone

Misspelling Variants of "propone"

porpone7ppropone8proopne7propnoe7propoen7proponne8proppone8prpoone7
Misspelling Variants of "propone"

Frequency rank: #3,076 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "propone"?
"propone" is spelled P-R-O-P-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈpone].
What does "propone" mean?
As a verb, "propone" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proponer.
What words are commonly confused with "propone"?
"propone" is commonly confused with "propuse", "proponer", "propongo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "propone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "propone" is [pɾoˈpone]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "propone" come from?
"propone" 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.