# prolific

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/ · frequency rank #13,044

## Definitions
1. Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
2. Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
3. Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.

## Etymology
1635: from French prolifique and its etymon Latin prōlificus, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -ficus (“making”).

## Easily confused with
- **politic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/politic-vs-prolific)

## Common misspellings (12)
`porlific`, `pprolific`, `prloific`, `proilfic`, `prolfiic`, `prolifci`, `proliffic`, `prolificc`, `proliifc`, `prollific`, `prrolific`, `rpolific`

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