# pride

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #3,078

## Definitions
1. The quality or state of being proud.
2. The quality or state of being proud.
3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
4. Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
5. Show; ostentation; glory.
6. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
9. A company of lions or other large felines.
10. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).

## Etymology
From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.

## Easily confused with
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prod)
- **prim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prim)
- **prior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prior)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prime)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prove)
- **prize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prize)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-print)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-probe)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prone)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prose)
- **privy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-privy)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prism)
- **prima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prima)
- **Prius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prius)
- **primo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-primo)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prune)
- **Priya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-priya)
- **prude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prude)
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prince)
- **prizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pride-vs-prizes)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pirde`, `ppride`, `prdie`, `pridde`, `pried`, `prride`, `rpide`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pride