proteína

[pɾot̪eˈina]

/[pɾot̪eˈina]/ noun

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The verdict

“proteína” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,741
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-proteina · proteína · Spanish

proteína · rank #10,741 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,741
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH protestantes

Nearest frequency peer: protestantes (-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 “proteína”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “proteína” 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).

proteína vs proteja
75% similar
proteína vs protesta
75% similar
proteína vs proteínas
89% similar

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

Key facts for proteína
PropertyValue
Headwordproteína
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾot̪eˈina]
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,741
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “proteína”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).proteínacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “protestantes” (#10,740), “provisiones” (#10,742), “protagonismo” (#10,739). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “proteína” va en #10,741. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around proteína (IPA [pɾot̪eˈina]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,741 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for proteína, with forms such as "porteína", "pproteína", and "proetína". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "proteja", "protesta", "proteínas", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is proteína, spelled P-R-O-T-E-Í-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos.

This word in other languages

protein(English)protéine(Français)Protein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porteína
  • pproteína
  • proetína
  • protenía
  • proteían
  • proteínna
  • protteína
  • protíena
  • prroteína
  • prtoeína
  • rpoteína

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proteína - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porteína2pproteína1proetína2protenía2proteían2proteínna1protteína1protíena2
Edit distance from "proteína"

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 "proteína"?
"proteína" is spelled P-R-O-T-E-Í-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾot̪eˈina].
What does "proteína" mean?
As a noun, "proteína" means: Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos.
What words are commonly confused with "proteína"?
"proteína" is commonly confused with "proteja", "protesta", "proteínas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proteína"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proteína" is [pɾot̪eˈina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proteína" come from?
"proteína" 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 "proteína", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list