protegió
[pɾot̪eˈxjo]
The verdict
“protegió” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,209
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protegió |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾot̪eˈxjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “protegió” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around protegió (IPA [pɾot̪eˈxjo]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,209 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for protegió, with forms such as "portegió", "pprotegió", and "proetgió". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "prótesis", "protesto", "protege", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is protegió, spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-I-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- portegió
- pprotegió
- proetgió
- proteggió
- protegói
- proteigó
- protgeió
- prottegió
- prrotegió
- prtoegió
- rpotegió
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of protegió - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “protegió”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-O-T-E-G-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾot̪eˈxjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “prótesis” - see the side-by-side comparison. protegió vs prótesis
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.