prueba

Name: prueba, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpɾweβ̞a]

/[ˈpɾweβ̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“prueba” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#714
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de probar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-prueba · prueba · Spanish

prueba · rank #714 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-CORE #714
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH pequeño

Nearest frequency peer: pequeño (-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.

mediante

99,290
nota

99,289
pequeño

99,288
prueba

99,287
saben

99,286
sol

99,285

What this shows “prueba” 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).

prueba vs pueda

67% similar

prueba vs Puebla

50% similar

prueba vs pruebe

83% similar

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

Key facts for prueba
Property	Value
Headword	prueba
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈpɾweβ̞a]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#714
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “prueba”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pruebacae aquí:

#714

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pequeño” (#713), “saben” (#715), “nota” (#712). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “prueba” va en #714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prueba (IPA [ˈpɾweβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #714 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prueba, with forms such as "pprueba", "preuba", and "prrueba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pueda", "Puebla", "pruebe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is prueba, spelled P-R-U-E-B-A.

Definition

1
Acción o efecto de probar.
2
Cualquier especie de razón o medio con el que se pretende demostrar la verdad o falsedad de alguna situación o caso específico.
3
Investigación hecha con cuidado y diligencia de las aptitudes de alguien.
4
Emoción de tristeza o pena sentida a raíz de una desgracia.
5
Revisión que se le realiza a un texto para descartar cualquier errata antes de su impresión final.

Synonyms

evaluación examen parcial

This word in other languages

test(English)preuve(Français)Test(Deutsch)teste(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

pprueba
preuba
prrueba
prubea
prueab
pruebba
prueva
pureba
rpueba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prueba - 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.

Edit distance from "prueba"

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 "prueba"?

"prueba" is spelled P-R-U-E-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾweβ̞a].

What does "prueba" mean?

As a noun, "prueba" means: Acción o efecto de probar.

What words are commonly confused with "prueba"?

"prueba" is commonly confused with "pueda", "Puebla", "pruebe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "prueba"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prueba" is [ˈpɾweβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "prueba" come from?

"prueba" 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 "prueba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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