prophets
/ˈpɹɑfɪts/
"prophets" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prophets” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,193
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of prophet
Corpus desk
Index EN-prophets · prophets · English
prophets · rank #14,193 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,193
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prominence
Nearest frequency peer: prominence (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “prophets”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- poo
poo
85,811 corpus weight
- poultry
poultry
85,810 corpus weight
- prominence
prominence
85,809 corpus weight
- prophets
prophets
85,808 corpus weight
- prosecute
prosecute
85,807 corpus weight
- PTSD
PTSD
85,806 corpus weight
What this shows “prophets” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prophets |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑfɪts/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prophets”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around prophets (IPA /ˈpɹɑfɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,193 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of prophet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for prophets, with forms such as "porphets", "pprophets", and "prohpets". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "prophet", "prophecy", "prophesy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is prophets, spelled P-R-O-P-H-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of prophet
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porphets
- pprophets
- prohpets
- propehts
- prophest
- prophetss
- prophetts
- prophhets
- prophtes
- propphets
- prpohets
- prrophets
- rpophets
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prophets - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prophets", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).