Pro

abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#414

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Pro is anGermanabbrev. It means: Prolin, eine Aminosäure It ranks #414 in German word frequency. Often confused with PS and PV.

Key facts for Pro
PropertyValue
HeadwordPro
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
Letters3
Frequency rank#414
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Pro in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pro is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev. Corpus data places it at rank #414 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prolin, eine Aminosäure".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Pro in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PS", "PV", "Pt", 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 German form is Pro, spelled P-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prolin, eine Aminosäure

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #414 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pro"?
"Pro" is spelled P-R-O.
What does "Pro" mean?
As an abbrev, "Pro" means: Prolin, eine Aminosäure
What words are commonly confused with "Pro"?
"Pro" is commonly confused with "PS", "PV", "Pt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Pro" come from?
"Pro" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our German 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.