procure
/pɹəˈkjʊə/
"procure" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“procure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,639
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To acquire or obtain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-procure · procure · English
procure · rank #23,639 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,639
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH probate
Nearest frequency peer: probate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “procure”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prenatal
prenatal
76,365 corpus weight
- probate
probate
76,363 corpus weight
- procure
procure
76,362 corpus weight
- propel
propel
76,361 corpus weight
- propensity
propensity
76,360 corpus weight
- Pryor
Pryor
76,359 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “procure” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | procure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹəˈkjʊə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procure” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around procure (IPA /pɹəˈkjʊə/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,639 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for procure, with forms such as "porcure", "pprocure", and "prcoure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "produce", "procured", "procedure", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”). The correct English form is procure, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1To acquire or obtain.
- 2To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- 3To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- 4To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
- 5To solicit; to entreat.
- 6To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how procure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
if we procure not to ourselves more woe
Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.
Etymology
From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porcure
- pprocure
- prcoure
- proccure
- procrue
- procuer
- procurre
- proucre
- prrocure
- rpocure
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procure - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "procure", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.