prolapse
/ˈpɹoʊlæps/
"prolapse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prolapse” is uncommon English (frequency #50,166 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,166
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prolapse · prolapse · English
prolapse · rank #50,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,166
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH privatize
Nearest frequency peer: privatize (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “prolapse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- predominance
predominance
49,840 corpus weight
- prepayment
prepayment
49,838 corpus weight
- privatize
privatize
49,836 corpus weight
- prolapse
prolapse
49,835 corpus weight
- Puebla
Puebla
49,832 corpus weight
- purveyor
purveyor
49,829 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “prolapse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prolapse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpɹoʊlæps/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “prolapse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
prolapse is uncommon English at frequency #50,166 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈpɹoʊlæps/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.".
Zero misspellings are on record for prolapse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus. The correct English form is prolapse, spelled P-R-O-L-A-P-S-E.
Definition
- 1To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus.
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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