proprioception
/ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/
"proprioception" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proprioception” is uncommon English (frequency #87,715 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,715
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proprioception |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #87,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “proprioception” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
proprioception is uncommon English at frequency #87,715 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.".
No misspelling variants are generated for proprioception in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From proprioceptor, from Latin proprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by British neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906. The correct English form is proprioception, spelled P-R-O-P-R-I-O-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body.
Etymology
From proprioceptor, from Latin proprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by British neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906.
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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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- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-P-R-I-O-C-E-P-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.