# property

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/ · frequency rank #815

## Definitions
1. Something that is owned.
2. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
3. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
4. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
5. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
6. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
7. An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class; especially (object-oriented programming) one that encapsulates an underlying variable.
8. A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
9. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
10. A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.
11. Propriety; correctness.

## Etymology
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”). Equivalent to proper + -ty. Doublet of propriety.

## Easily confused with
- **prosperity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/property-vs-prosperity)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-property)
- **poverty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poverty-vs-property)
- **properly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/properly-vs-property)

## Common misspellings (13)
`porperty`, `pproperty`, `proeprty`, `properrty`, `propertty`, `propertyy`, `properyt`, `propetry`, `propperty`, `proprety`, `prpoerty`, `prroperty`, `rpoperty`

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