prodigy
prod·i·gy/ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/noun
prodigy is spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-Y, 3 syllables: prod·i·gy. The wrong spelling people search most is progidy: about 290 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 556 of all searches for the word. Prodigy is a noun meaning “An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak”. The plural of prodigy is prodigies.
How many letters and syllables are in prodigy?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-D-I-G-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: prod·i·gy |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, progidy, about 290 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell prodigy?
Prodigy is spelled P-R-O-D-I-G-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 548 of the searches for prodigy in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is prodigy?
Prodigy appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th 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 prodigy?
- UK /ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/
- US /ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/
Prodigy has 3 syllables, split prod·i·gy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-prodigy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prodigy
- prodigies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prodigy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
- 2
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
- 3
A wonderful example of something.
- 4
An extremely talented person, especially a child.
- 5
archaicAn extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prodigy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prodige, prodigie, miracle, merveille , enfant prodige, génie |
| German | Wunder , Wunderkind, Genie, Hochbegabter, Naturtalent , Orakel |
| Portuguese | prodígio, maravilha , presságio |
| Spanish | maravilla, prodigio, portento, cosa extraña, milagro |
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 prodigy come from?
From Middle English prodige (“portent”), from Latin prōdigium (“omen, portent, prophetic sign”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).