protagonista

[pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]

/[pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]/ adj

The verdict

“protagonista” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,804
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice del personaje principal de una obra a quien le suceden los hechos y hace las acciones.

Corpus desk

Index ES-protagonista · protagonista · Spanish

protagonista · rank #3,804 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,804
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH propietario

Nearest frequency peer: propietario (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “protagonista”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “protagonista” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

protagonista vs protagoniza
83% similar
protagonista vs protagonistas
92% similar
protagonista vs protagonismo
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for protagonista
PropertyValue
Headwordprotagonista
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,804
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “protagonista”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).protagonistacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “propietario” (#3,803), “Quito” (#3,805), “preparar” (#3,802). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “protagonista” va en #3,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around protagonista (IPA [pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,804 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Se dice del personaje principal de una obra a quien le suceden los hechos y hace las acciones.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for protagonista, with forms such as "portagonista", "pprotagonista", and "proatgonista". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "protagoniza", "protagonistas", "protagonismo", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is protagonista, spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice del personaje principal de una obra a quien le suceden los hechos y hace las acciones.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • portagonista
  • pprotagonista
  • proatgonista
  • protaggonista
  • protagnoista
  • protagoinsta
  • protagonisat
  • protagonissta
  • protagonistta
  • protagonitsa
  • protagonnista
  • protagonsita
  • protaognista
  • protgaonista
  • prottagonista
  • prrotagonista
  • prtoagonista
  • rpotagonista

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protagonista - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

portagonista2pprotagonista1proatgonista2protaggonista1protagnoista2protagoinsta2protagonisat2protagonissta1
Edit distance from "protagonista"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "protagonista"?
"protagonista" is spelled P-R-O-T-A-G-O-N-I-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a].
What does "protagonista" mean?
As an adjective, "protagonista" means: Se dice del personaje principal de una obra a quien le suceden los hechos y hace las acciones.
What words are commonly confused with "protagonista"?
"protagonista" is commonly confused with "protagoniza", "protagonistas", "protagonismo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "protagonista"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protagonista" is [pɾot̪aɣ̞oˈnist̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protagonista" come from?
"protagonista" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "protagonista", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list