# prophet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/ · frequency rank #7,378

## Definitions
1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

## Etymology
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, “I tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.

## Easily confused with
- **prophets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prophet-vs-prophets)
- **prophetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prophet-vs-prophetic)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proper-vs-prophet)
- **propel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/propel-vs-prophet)
- **prophecy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prophecy-vs-prophet)
- **prophesy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prophesy-vs-prophet)
- **profit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profit-vs-prophet)

## Common misspellings (11)
`porphet`, `pprophet`, `prohpet`, `propeht`, `prophett`, `prophhet`, `prophte`, `propphet`, `prpohet`, `prrophet`, `rpophet`

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