prueba

/[ˈpɾweβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#714

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

prueba is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de probar. Pronounced [ˈpɾweβ̞a]. It ranks #714 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pueda and Puebla.

Key facts for prueba
PropertyValue
Headwordprueba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɾweβ̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#714
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for prueba is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for prueba, with forms such as "pprueba", "preuba", and "prrueba". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "pueda", "Puebla", "pruebe", 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 prueba, spelled P-R-U-E-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de probar.
  2. 2
    Cualquier especie de razón o medio con el que se pretende demostrar la verdad o falsedad de alguna situación o caso específico.
  3. 3
    Investigación hecha con cuidado y diligencia de las aptitudes de alguien.
  4. 4
    Emoción de tristeza o pena sentida a raíz de una desgracia.
  5. 5
    Revisión 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prueba

Misspelling Variants of "prueba"

pprueba7preuba6prrueba7prubea6prueab6pruebba7prueva6pureba6
Misspelling Variants of "prueba"

Frequency rank: #714 in Spanish

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 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.