# promote

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹəˈmoʊt/ · frequency rank #2,697

## Definitions
1. To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
2. To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
3. To encourage, urge or incite.
4. To elevate to a higher league.
5. To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
6. To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
7. To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
8. To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.

## Etymology
From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

## Easily confused with
- **prompt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-prompt)
- **propose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-propose)
- **provoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-provoke)
- **prompted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-prompted)
- **promoter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-promoter)
- **promo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promo-vs-promote)
- **promise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promise-vs-promote)
- **probate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probate-vs-promote)
- **primate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primate-vs-promote)

## Common misspellings (10)
`pormote`, `ppromote`, `prmoote`, `prommote`, `promoet`, `promotte`, `promtoe`, `proomte`, `prromote`, `rpomote`

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