# prone

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəʊn/ · frequency rank #7,961

## Definitions
1. Lying face-down.
2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
4. Shooting from a position while lying down.
5. Predisposed, liable, inclined.

## Etymology
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

## Easily confused with
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-pros)
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prop)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-pune)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prot)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proud)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prove)
- **proof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proof)
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proxy)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-props)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prose)
- **proto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proto)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prune)
- **Provo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-provo)
- **prong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prong)
- **prowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prowl)
- **prude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prude)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proper)
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proved)
- **proven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proven)
- **proves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proves)

## Common misspellings (7)
`porne`, `pprone`, `prnoe`, `proen`, `pronne`, `prrone`, `rpone`

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