# proper

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɔp.ə/ · frequency rank #1,961

## Definitions
1. Suitable.
2. Suitable.
3. Suitable.
4. Suitable.
5. Suitable.
6. Suitable.
7. Suitable.
8. Possessed, related.
9. Possessed, related.
10. Possessed, related.
11. Possessed, related.
12. Possessed, related.
13. Possessed, related.
14. Possessed, related.
15. Accurate, strictly applied.
16. Accurate, strictly applied.
17. Accurate, strictly applied.
18. Accurate, strictly applied.
19. Accurate, strictly applied.
20. Accurate, strictly applied.

## Etymology
From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.

## Easily confused with
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prove)
- **props** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-props)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prose)
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proved)
- **proven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proven)
- **proves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proves)
- **prophet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prophet)
- **prosper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prosper)
- **proverb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-proverb)
- **Prosser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prosser)
- **property** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-property)
- **properly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-properly)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pope-vs-proper)
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-proper)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/power-vs-proper)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paper-vs-proper)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probe-vs-proper)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-proper)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-proper)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-proper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`porper`, `pproper`, `proepr`, `properr`, `propper`, `propre`, `prpoer`, `prroper`, `rpoper`

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