pro

/ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)

//ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ prep

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The verdict

“pro” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,173) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,173
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - para

Corpus desk

Index PT-pro · pro · Portuguese

pro · rank #1,173 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,173
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH indústria

Nearest frequency peer: indústria (-2 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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “pro”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “pro” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pro vs PT
0% similar
pro vs pub
33% similar
pro vs put
33% similar

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

Key facts for pro
PropertyValue
Headwordpro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPreposition
IPA/ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters3
Frequency rank#1,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “pro”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.procai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “indústria” (#1,171), “histórico” (#1,170), “proteção” (#1,176). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pro” fica em #1,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pro is neighbouring look-alikes ("PT", "pub", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced /ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #1,173 among 1,578 “P” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pro, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PT", "pub", "put", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pro, spelled P-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    para
  2. 2
    para
  3. 3
    por
  4. 4
    a

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. parkovací místa pro postižené
  2. četba pro děti

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pro"?
"pro" is spelled P-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "pro" mean?
As a preposition, "pro" means: para
What words are commonly confused with "pro"?
"pro" is commonly confused with "PT", "pub", "put". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pro" is /ˈprɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pro" come from?
"pro" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

céu#1,163olá#1,198som#1,134one#1,219

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list