prohibited
/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/
"prohibited" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prohibited” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,267
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forbidden; banned; unallowed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prohibited · prohibited · English
prohibited · rank #7,267 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,267
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH probe
Nearest frequency peer: probe (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “prohibited”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- practicing
practicing
92,737 corpus weight
- praying
praying
92,736 corpus weight
- probe
probe
92,735 corpus weight
- prohibited
prohibited
92,734 corpus weight
- projected
projected
92,733 corpus weight
- propose
propose
92,732 corpus weight
What this shows “prohibited” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | prohibited |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prohibited”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around prohibited (IPA /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,267 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forbidden; banned; unallowed.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prohibited, with forms such as "porhibited", "pprohibited", and "prhoibited". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prohibit", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is prohibited, spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Forbidden; banned; unallowed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prohibited appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Theater works and religious essays were the most prohibited literary genres
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porhibited
- pprohibited
- prhoibited
- prohbiited
- prohhibited
- prohibbited
- prohibietd
- prohibitde
- prohibitedd
- prohibitted
- prohibtied
- prohiibted
- proihbited
- prrohibited
- rpohibited
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prohibited - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "prohibited", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).