prophet
/ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/noun
prophet is spelled P-R-O-P-H-E-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “profit vs prophet” about 10 times a month (Bing, United States). As a noun, prophet means “Someone who speaks by divine inspiration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prophet is prophets.
How many letters and syllables are in prophet?
| Letters | 7: P-R-O-P-H-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is prophet?
Prophet appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce prophet?
- UK /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/
- US /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/
Prophet has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prophet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with prophet
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: profit (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with prophet?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as prophet from its last stressed vowel (/ɑfɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of prophet
- prophets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prophet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
- 2
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prophet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prophète, prophétesse , devin |
| German | Prophet, Prophetin, Weissager |
| Portuguese | profeta, profetisa , vidente |
| Spanish | profeta, profetisa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does prophet come from?
From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).