Prozent

/[pʁoˈt͡sɛnt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#522

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Prozent is aGermannoun. It means: Anteil von Hundert Pronounced [pʁoˈt͡sɛnt]. It ranks #522 in German word frequency. Often confused with Prozess and Prozente.

Key facts for Prozent
PropertyValue
HeadwordProzent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʁoˈt͡sɛnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#522
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Prozent is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁoˈt͡sɛnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #522 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Prozent, with forms such as "porzent", "pprozent", and "proeznt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Prozess", "Prozente", "Proben", 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 Prozent, spelled P-R-O-Z-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anteil von Hundert
  2. 2
    Vergünstigung, Nachlass

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: porzent,pprozent,proeznt,prozennt,prozentt,prozetn,proznet,prozzent,prrozent,przoent,rpozent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Prozent

Misspelling Variants of "Prozent"

porzent7pprozent8proeznt7prozennt8prozentt8prozetn7proznet7prozzent8
Misspelling Variants of "Prozent"

Frequency rank: #522 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Prozent"?
"Prozent" is spelled P-R-O-Z-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁoˈt͡sɛnt].
What does "Prozent" mean?
As a noun, "Prozent" means: Anteil von Hundert
What words are commonly confused with "Prozent"?
"Prozent" is commonly confused with "Prozess", "Prozente", "Proben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Prozent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prozent" is [pʁoˈt͡sɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prozent" come from?
"Prozent" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.