proscribir
[pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
The verdict
“proscribir” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #93,431 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #93,431
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Echar a alguien del territorio de su patria, comúnmente por causas políticas.
| 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) |
Where “proscribir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for proscribir is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 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.
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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Using “proscribir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-S-C-R-I-B-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾoskɾiˈβ̞iɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.