proscribir

/[pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,431

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

proscribir is aSpanishverb. It means: Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas. Pronounced [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ].

Key facts for proscribir
PropertyValue
Headwordproscribir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for proscribir is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,431 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for proscribir in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 proscribir, spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas.
  2. 2
    Prohibir el uso de una cosa o la práctica de una costumbre.
  3. 3
    Declarar 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.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #93,431 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proscribir"?
"proscribir" is spelled P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ].
What does "proscribir" mean?
As a verb, "proscribir" means: Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas.
How do you pronounce "proscribir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proscribir" is [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proscribir" come from?
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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.