Which to use
“prohibía” and “propicia” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,191
- “prohibía” frequency rank
- #23,560
- “propicia” frequency rank
- 49751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prohibía | propicia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de prohibir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de propiciar. |
Where the eye mixes prohibía and propicia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. prohibía and propicia follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between prohibía and propicia
A purely visual mix-up. prohibía ([pɾojˈβ̞ia]) and propicia ([pɾoˈpisja]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prohibía is recorded at frequency rank #26,191, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞ia]. propicia is at rank #23,560, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾoˈpisja].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49751, this pair ranks #107,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prohibía vs propicia
Shared letters: aiopr. Private to "prohibía": bhí. Private to "propicia": c.
"prohibía" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "propicia" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- propicia ← porpicia · ppropicia · proipcia · propciia · propicai · propiccia · propiica · propisia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "prohibía" and "propicia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "prohibía" or "propicia"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "prohibía" and "propicia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "propicia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prohibía" and "propicia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prohíba vs prohibía". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #107,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.