proteges
[pɾoˈt̪exes]
The verdict
“proteges” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,791 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,791
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de proteger.
Corpus desk
Index ES-proteges · proteges · Spanish
proteges · rank #75,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,791
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH proyectamos
Nearest frequency peer: proyectamos (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “proteges”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- programme
programme
24,215 corpus weight
- promoverán
promoverán
24,213 corpus weight
- proteges
proteges
24,210 corpus weight
- proyectamos
proyectamos
24,209 corpus weight
- pudriéndose
pudriéndose
24,207 corpus weight
- puntera
puntera
24,205 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “proteges” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proteges |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoˈt̪exes] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “proteges” en español
Rare enough to double-check
proteges is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,791 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾoˈt̪exes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de proteger.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for proteges in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is proteges, spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de proteger.
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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