proteja
[pɾoˈt̪exa]
The verdict
“proteja” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,210
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de proteger.
Corpus desk
Index ES-proteja · proteja · Spanish
proteja · rank #14,210 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,210
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH profundidades
Nearest frequency peer: profundidades (-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 “proteja”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- presto
presto
85,793 corpus weight
- profundidad…
profundidades
85,792 corpus weight
- proteja
proteja
85,791 corpus weight
- prójimo
prójimo
85,790 corpus weight
- public
public
85,789 corpus weight
- puntaje
puntaje
85,788 corpus weight
What this shows “proteja” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | proteja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾoˈt̪exa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “proteja”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around proteja (IPA [pɾoˈt̪exa]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,210 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for proteja, with forms such as "porteja", "pproteja", and "proetja". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "provea", "protesta", "protejan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is proteja, spelled P-R-O-T-E-J-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de proteger.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de proteger.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de proteger.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porteja
- pproteja
- proetja
- proteaj
- protejja
- protjea
- protteja
- prroteja
- prtoeja
- rpoteja
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proteja - 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.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "proteja", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).