provecho

/[pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,946

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

provecho is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ventaja o ganancia que se obtiene en alguna cosa. Pronounced [pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo]. It ranks #6,946 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with provocó and proveyó.

Key facts for provecho
PropertyValue
Headwordprovecho
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,946
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of provecho in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for provecho is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,946 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for provecho, with forms such as "porvecho", "pprovecho", and "probecho". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "provocó", "proveyó", "proyecto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is provecho, spelled P-R-O-V-E-C-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ventaja o ganancia que se obtiene en alguna cosa.
  2. 2
    Adelantamiento en el estudio.
  3. 3
    Lo contrario de daño, tratándose de la influencia que los alimentos pueden ejercer en la salud.
  4. 4
    Utilidad que puede tener algo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porvecho,pprovecho,probecho,proevcho,provceho,proveccho,provechho,provecoh,provehco,provvecho,prrovecho,prvoecho,rpovecho

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for provecho

Misspelling Variants of "provecho"

porvecho8pprovecho9probecho8proevcho8provceho8proveccho9provechho9provecoh8
Misspelling Variants of "provecho"

Frequency rank: #6,946 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "provecho"?
"provecho" is spelled P-R-O-V-E-C-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo].
What does "provecho" mean?
As a noun, "provecho" means: Ventaja o ganancia que se obtiene en alguna cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "provecho"?
"provecho" is commonly confused with "provocó", "proveyó", "proyecto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "provecho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "provecho" is [pɾoˈβ̞et͡ʃo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "provecho" come from?
"provecho" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.