# prosaic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/ · frequency rank #47,275

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
2. Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
3. Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.

## Etymology
From Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prosa (“prose”), from prorsus (“straightforward, in prose”), from Old Latin provorsus (“straight ahead”), from pro- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, to bend”).

## Easily confused with
- **Prozac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prosaic-vs-prozac)
- **Passaic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passaic-vs-prosaic)

## Common misspellings (10)
`porsaic`, `pprosaic`, `proasic`, `prosaci`, `prosaicc`, `prosiac`, `prossaic`, `prrosaic`, `prsoaic`, `rposaic`

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