Prosa
[ˈpʁoːza]
The verdict
“Prosa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,725
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - literarisches Genre, das sich nicht einer durch Metrum, Reim, Rhythmus, Versmaß gebundenen Sprache bedient
Corpus desk
Index DE-prosa · Prosa · German
Prosa · rank #15,725 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,725
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pracht
Nearest frequency peer: Pracht (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Prosa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Porträts
Porträts
84,279 corpus weight
- potenziellen
potenziellen
84,278 corpus weight
- Pracht
Pracht
84,277 corpus weight
- Prosa
Prosa
84,276 corpus weight
- Prototyp
Prototyp
84,275 corpus weight
- Prozentsatz
Prozentsatz
84,274 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Prosa” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prosa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʁoːza] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Prosa” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Prosa (IPA [ˈpʁoːza]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,725 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prosa, with forms such as "porsa", "pprosa", and "proas". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "psa", "prost", "Proxy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Prosa, spelled P-R-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1literarisches Genre, das sich nicht einer durch Metrum, Reim, Rhythmus, Versmaß gebundenen Sprache bedient
- 2Texte in einer Sprachform wie [1]
- 3etwas, das sich als gewöhnlich erweist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Prosa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prosa kann man vielleicht neben die literarischen Genres Dramatik, Epik und Lyrik stellen.
„In der Prosa gibt es keine feststehenden Regeln wie in der traditionellen Lyrik; weder Reim, Stabreim noch Metrik; auch keine vorgeschriebene Zeilenzahl des Verses.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porsa
- pprosa
- proas
- prossa
- prrosa
- prsoa
- rposa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Prosa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Prosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Prosa". Here's where to go from here.
- "Prosa" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "psa". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,725 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.