proscribir
[pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
The verdict
“proscribir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,431 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,431
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-proscribir · proscribir · Spanish
proscribir · rank #93,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,431
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prístino
Nearest frequency peer: prístino (+3 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “proscribir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- presidieron
presidieron
6,577 corpus weight
- pretendiera
pretendiera
6,576 corpus weight
- procedí
procedí
6,574 corpus weight
- proscribir
proscribir
6,570 corpus weight
- prístino
prístino
6,567 corpus weight
- pudierais
pudierais
6,564 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “proscribir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proscribir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “proscribir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
proscribir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,431 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for proscribir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is proscribir, spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-I-R.
Definition
- 1Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas.
- 2Prohibir el uso de una cosa o la práctica de una costumbre.
- 3Declarar a alguien como malhechor público, dando facultad a cualquiera para que le quite la vida, y a veces ofreciendo premio a quien lo entregue vivo o muerto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how proscribir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Indiferente a la opinión de algunos sectores de la Iglesia, que poco después hicieron intentos por proscribir el espiritismo...
Synonyms
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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