# prod

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹɒd/ · frequency rank #21,030

## Definitions
1. To poke, to push, to touch.
2. To encourage, to prompt.
3. To prick with a goad.

## Etymology
Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.

## Easily confused with
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-pry)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prs)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-pto)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-pros)
- **prom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prom)
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prop)
- **PTSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-ptsd)
- **prog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prog)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prot)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-proud)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prove)
- **proof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-proof)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prone)
- **promo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-promo)
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-proxy)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-props)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prose)
- **proto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-proto)
- **Pryor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-pryor)
- **Provo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-provo)

## Common misspellings (6)
`pord`, `pprod`, `prdo`, `prodd`, `prrod`, `rpod`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/prod