progress

//ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,781

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

progress is aPortuguesenoun. It means: progresso, avanço Pronounced /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/. Often confused with progressão.

Key facts for progress
PropertyValue
Headwordprogress
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,781
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of progress in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for progress is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,781 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "progresso, avanço".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for progress, with forms such as "porgress", "pprogress", and "prgoress". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "progressão", 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 Portuguese form is progress, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    progresso, avanço

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porgress,pprogress,prgoress,progerss,proggress,progres,progrress,progrses,prorgess,prrogress,rpogress

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for progress

Misspelling Variants of "progress"

porgress8pprogress9prgoress8progerss8proggress9progres7progrress9progrses8
Misspelling Variants of "progress"

Frequency rank: #23,781 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "progress"?
"progress" is spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/.
What does "progress" mean?
As a noun, "progress" means: progresso, avanço
What words are commonly confused with "progress"?
"progress" is commonly confused with "progressão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "progress"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "progress" is /ˈpɹəʊɡɹɛs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "progress" come from?
"progress" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.