proparoxytone
/pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/
"proparoxytone" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proparoxytone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-proparoxytone · proparoxytone · English
proparoxytone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proparoxytone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “proparoxytone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
proparoxytone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for proparoxytone, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos). The correct English form is proparoxytone, spelled P-R-O-P-A-R-O-X-Y-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.