Prosa

/[ˈpʁoːza]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,725

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Prosa is aGermannoun. It means: literarisches Genre, das sich nicht einer durch Metrum, Reim, Rhythmus, Versmaß gebundenen Sprache bedient Pronounced [ˈpʁoːza]. Often confused with psa and prost.

Key facts for Prosa
PropertyValue
HeadwordProsa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpʁoːza]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,725
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Prosa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʁoːza]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,725 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Prosa, with forms such as "porsa", "pprosa", and "proas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "psa", "prost", "Proxy", 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 Prosa, spelled P-R-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    literarisches Genre, das sich nicht einer durch Metrum, Reim, Rhythmus, Versmaß gebundenen Sprache bedient
  2. 2
    Texte in einer Sprachform wie [1]
  3. 3
    etwas, das sich als gewöhnlich erweist

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porsa,pprosa,proas,prossa,prrosa,prsoa,rposa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Prosa

Misspelling Variants of "Prosa"

porsa5pprosa6proas5prossa6prrosa6prsoa5rposa5
Misspelling Variants of "Prosa"

Frequency rank: #15,725 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Prosa"?
"Prosa" is spelled P-R-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʁoːza].
What does "Prosa" mean?
As a noun, "Prosa" means: literarisches Genre, das sich nicht einer durch Metrum, Reim, Rhythmus, Versmaß gebundenen Sprache bedient
What words are commonly confused with "Prosa"?
"Prosa" is commonly confused with "psa", "prost", "Proxy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Prosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prosa" is [ˈpʁoːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prosa" come from?
"Prosa" 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.