protegió

[pɾot̪eˈxjo]

/[pɾot̪eˈxjo]/ verb

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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
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger.

Corpus desk

Index ES-protegio · protegió · Spanish

protegió · rank #35,209 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,209
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pronunciamien…

Nearest frequency peer: pronunciamientos (-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 “protegió”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “protegió” 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).

protegió vs prótesis
63% similar
protegió vs protesto
63% similar
protegió vs protege
75% similar

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

Key facts for protegió
PropertyValue
Headwordprotegió
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾot̪eˈxjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,209
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “protegió”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).protegiócae 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 “pronunciamientos” (#35,208), “pudra” (#35,210), “puercos” (#35,211). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “protegió” va en #35,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around protegió (IPA [pɾot̪eˈxjo]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,209 among 6,028 “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

  1. 1
    Tercera 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.

portegió2pprotegió1proetgió2proteggió1protegói2proteigó2protgeió2prottegió1
Edit distance from "protegió"

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 "protegió"?
"protegió" is spelled P-R-O-T-E-G-I-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾot̪eˈxjo].
What does "protegió" mean?
As a verb, "protegió" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de proteger.
What words are commonly confused with "protegió"?
"protegió" is commonly confused with "prótesis", "protesto", "protege". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "protegió"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protegió" is [pɾot̪eˈxjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "protegió" come from?
"protegió" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

procrear#35,205procesan#35,204reafirmó#35,218recorría#35,221

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

prenden11 variantsremolino11 variantsrepresas11 variantsresbala11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list