# progress

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/ · frequency rank #1,734

## Definitions
1. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
2. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
3. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
4. A journey forward; travel.
5. Movement onwards, forwards, or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

## Etymology
From Middle English progresse, from Old French progres (“a going forward”), from Latin prōgressus (“an advance”), from the participle stem of prōgredī (“to go forward, advance, develop”), from pro- (“forth, before”) + gradi (“to walk, go”). Displaced native Old English forþgang.

## Easily confused with
- **prowess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/progress-vs-prowess)
- **progresses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/progress-vs-progresses)
- **process** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/process-vs-progress)
- **profess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profess-vs-progress)
- **programs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/programs-vs-progress)

## Common misspellings (11)
`porgress`, `pprogress`, `prgoress`, `progerss`, `proggress`, `progres`, `progrress`, `progrses`, `prorgess`, `prrogress`, `rpogress`

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