proclitic
/pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/noun
proclitic is spelled P-R-O-C-L-I-T-I-C: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, proclitic means “A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of proclitic is proclitics.
How many letters and syllables are in proclitic?
| Letters | 9: P-R-O-C-L-I-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is proclitic?
Proclitic appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 proclitic?
- UK /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/
- US /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/
- US [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk]
Proclitic has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-proclitic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with proclitic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as proclitic from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtɪk/):
- critic
- Semitic
- parasitic
- electrolytic
- anxiolytic
- diacritic
- martensitic
- sybaritic
- Glagolitic
- granulocytic
- chondritic
- mephitic
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 proclitic
- proclitics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does proclitic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.
In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Proclitic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clitic which joins with the following word:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | proclitique |
| German | proklitisch, Proklitikon |
| Portuguese | proclítico |
| Spanish | proclítico |
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 proclitic come from?
From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).