prio

noun

"prio" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“prio” is uncommon English (frequency #91,939 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,939
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of priority.

Key facts for prio
PropertyValue
Headwordprio
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,939
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prio” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prio lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prio is uncommon English at frequency #91,939 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of priority.".

prio has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is prio, spelled P-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbreviation of priority.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prio"?
"prio" is spelled P-R-I-O.
What does "prio" mean?
As a noun, "prio" means: Abbreviation of priority.
What language does "prio" come from?
"prio" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “prio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list