procuress
/pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs/
"procuress" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“procuress” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-procuress · procuress · English
procuress · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | procuress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “procuress” in English
Rare enough to double-check
procuress is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹəˈkjʊəɹɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for procuress, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure + -ess. The correct English form is procuress, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
- 2A female procurer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how procuress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Spaniard, who will seduce any girl he can, is pitiless under like circumstances to his own womenkind; so there is much weeping, the girl is turned out of doors and falls readily into the hands of the procuress. In the brothels of Seville or of Madrid she finds at least a roof and bread to eat.
Old witches in the cities and country-side throve upon the sale of death spells and love philtres. They also made a trade of abortificants, and frequently practised the whiles of the procuress.
Etymology
From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure + -ess.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.