proconsul
/pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl/
"proconsul" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proconsul” is uncommon English (frequency #80,777 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,777
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Corpus desk
Index EN-proconsul · proconsul · English
proconsul · rank #80,777 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,777
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proofreader
Nearest frequency peer: proofreader (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “proconsul”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- praline
praline
19,229 corpus weight
- prematurity
prematurity
19,227 corpus weight
- prettiness
prettiness
19,226 corpus weight
- proconsul
proconsul
19,224 corpus weight
- proofreader
proofreader
19,223 corpus weight
- pugnacious
pugnacious
19,219 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “proconsul” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proconsul |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “proconsul” in English
Rare enough to double-check
proconsul is uncommon English at frequency #80,777 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.".
No misspelling variants are generated for proconsul in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin prōcōnsul. The correct English form is proconsul, spelled P-R-O-C-O-N-S-U-L.
Definition
- 1A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Etymology
From Latin prōcōnsul.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).