propósito
[pɾoˈposit̪o]
The verdict
“propósito” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,527
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deseo o ánimo de realizar o no realizar alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-proposito · propósito · Spanish
propósito · rank #1,527 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #1,527
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH privado
Nearest frequency peer: privado (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “propósito”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- piedra
piedra
98,477 corpus weight
- podido
podido
98,476 corpus weight
- privado
privado
98,475 corpus weight
- propósito
propósito
98,474 corpus weight
- recordar
recordar
98,473 corpus weight
- reglas
reglas
98,472 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “propósito” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | propósito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾoˈposit̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “propósito” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around propósito (IPA [pɾoˈposit̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,527 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for propósito, with forms such as "porpósito", "ppropósito", and "proppósito". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "propósitos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is propósito, spelled P-R-O-P-Ó-S-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Deseo o ánimo de realizar o no realizar alguna cosa.
- 2Dícese de lo que se pretende conseguir.
- 3Materia de que se trata o en que se está entendiendo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porpósito
- ppropósito
- proppósito
- propsóito
- propócito
- propóisto
- propósiot
- propósitto
- propóssito
- propóstio
- proópsito
- prpoósito
- prropósito
- rpopósito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of propósito - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "propósito", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "propósitos". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,527 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.