process
pro·cess/ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/noun, verb
process is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S, 2 syllables: pro·cess. The wrong spelling people search most is proccess: about 330 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 20 of all searches for the word. Process is a noun meaning “A series of events leading to a result or product”. The plural of process is processes.
How many letters and syllables are in process?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-C-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pro·cess |
| In writing | 182 times per million words; the 556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, proccess, about 330 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell process?
Process is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 20 of the searches for process in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is process?
Process appears 182 times per million words in written English, the 556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce process?
- UK /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/
- US /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/
- US /-əs/
As a verb (“To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context”): /pɹəˈsɛs/, /pɹəˈses/.
Process has 2 syllables, split pro·cess in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-process.wav, En-us-process.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with process?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as process from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsɛs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of process
- processes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- processing participle, present
- processed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does process mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A series of events leading to a result or product.
This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
- 2
The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- 3
A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- 4
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- 5
Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- 6
An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- 7
An executable task or program.
- 8
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
verb
- 1
To perform a particular process on a thing.
- 2
To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
- 3
To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
- 4
To develop photographic film.
- 5
To take legal proceedings against.
- 6
To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Process in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | procès, processus , traiter , digérer |
| German | Prozess, Verlauf , verarbeiten , verdauen , Fortsatz |
| Portuguese | processo , processar, tratar , digerir, ruminar , procedimento |
| Spanish | proceso , procesar, tratar , apófisis , apéndice |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does process come from?
From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).