proselyte
/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/
"proselyte" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proselyte” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proselyte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “proselyte” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for proselyte is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for proselyte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “co… The correct English form is proselyte, spelled P-R-O-S-E-L-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
Etymology
From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “proselyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-S-E-L-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.