progeny
/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/
"progeny" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“progeny” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,048
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
Corpus desk
Index EN-progeny · progeny · English
progeny · rank #29,048 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,048
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH predictably
Nearest frequency peer: predictably (-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 “progeny”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- positional
positional
70,957 corpus weight
- postcode
postcode
70,956 corpus weight
- predicated
predicated
70,955 corpus weight
- predictably
predictably
70,954 corpus weight
- progeny
progeny
70,953 corpus weight
- pushy
pushy
70,951 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “progeny” 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 | progeny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “progeny” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around progeny (IPA /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,048 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for progeny, with forms such as "porgeny", "pprogeny", and "prgoeny". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "proven", 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 progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”). The correct English form is progeny, spelled P-R-O-G-E-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
- 2Descent, lineage, ancestry.
- 3A result of a creative effort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how progeny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
Etymology
From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porgeny
- pprogeny
- prgoeny
- proegny
- progenny
- progenyy
- progeyn
- proggeny
- progney
- prrogeny
- rpogeny
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of progeny - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "progeny", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "proven". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,048 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.