protege

[pɾoˈt̪exe]

/[pɾoˈt̪exe]/ verb

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The verdict

“protege” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,344
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proteger.

Corpus desk

Index ES-protege · protege · Spanish

protege · rank #6,344 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,344
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH prestado

Nearest frequency peer: prestado (-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 “protege”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “protege” 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).

protege vs provee
71% similar
protege vs proteja
71% similar
protege vs proteger
88% similar

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

Key facts for protege
PropertyValue
Headwordprotege
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾoˈt̪exe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,344
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “protege”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “prestado” (#6,343), “proveedor” (#6,345), “preocupaciones” (#6,342). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “protege” va en #6,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around protege (IPA [pɾoˈt̪exe]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,344 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for protege, with forms such as "portege", "pprotege", and "proetge". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "provee", "proteja", "proteger", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is protege, spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proteger.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de proteger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • portege
  • pprotege
  • proetge
  • proteeg
  • protegge
  • protgee
  • prottege
  • prrotege
  • prtoege
  • rpotege

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

portege2pprotege1proetge2proteeg2protegge1protgee2prottege1prrotege1
Edit distance from "protege"

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 "protege"?
"protege" is spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈt̪exe].
What does "protege" mean?
As a verb, "protege" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de proteger.
What words are commonly confused with "protege"?
"protege" is commonly confused with "provee", "proteja", "proteger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "protege"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protege" is [pɾoˈt̪exe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protege" come from?
"protege" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pudimos#6,347recinto#6,351ochenta#6,333ruptura#6,357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

recorrer10 variantsrodillas10 variantssacando10 variantstablas10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list