# prompt

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹɒmpt/ · frequency rank #8,845

## Definitions
1. Quick; acting without delay.
2. On time; punctual.
3. Ready; willing to act.
4. Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.

## Etymology
The adjective is from Middle English prompte, from Middle French prompt and its etymon Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”). Doublet of pronto.
The verb is from Middle English prompen, apparently from the adjective. The noun is from the verb.

## Easily confused with
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-prop)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-prot)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-props)
- **Proust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-proust)
- **prompted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-prompted)
- **promptly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prompt-vs-promptly)
- **prom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prom-vs-prompt)
- **pomp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pomp-vs-prompt)
- **promo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promo-vs-prompt)
- **profit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profit-vs-prompt)
- **promote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/promote-vs-prompt)

## Common misspellings (10)
`pormpt`, `pprompt`, `prmopt`, `prommpt`, `promppt`, `promptt`, `promtp`, `propmt`, `prrompt`, `rpompt`

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