# prop

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹɒp/ · frequency rank #10,112

## Definitions
1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
2. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
3. Any of the seashells in the game of props.

## Etymology
From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).

## Easily confused with
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pup)
- **PSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-psp)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pry)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pvp)
- **PRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prs)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pto)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pump)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pros)
- **pulp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pulp)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prot)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-proud)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prove)
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-proxy)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-props)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prose)
- **proto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-proto)
- **Pryor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-pryor)
- **Provo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-provo)
- **prowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prowl)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-proper)

## Common misspellings (6)
`porp`, `pprop`, `propp`, `prpo`, `prrop`, `rpop`

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