prueba
[ˈpɾweβ̞a]
The verdict
“prueba” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #714 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #714
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de probar.
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 | prueba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɾweβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prueba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for prueba is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾweβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #714 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Acción o efecto de probar.
- 2Cualquier especie de razón o medio con el que se pretende demostrar la verdad o falsedad de alguna situación o caso específico.
- 3Investigación hecha con cuidado y diligencia de las aptitudes de alguien.
- 4Emoción de tristeza o pena sentida a raíz de una desgracia.
- 5Revisión que se le realiza a un texto para descartar cualquier errata antes de su impresión final.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “prueba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-U-E-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɾweβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pueda” - see the side-by-side comparison. prueba vs pueda
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.