proso
noun
proso is spelled P-R-O-S-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, proso means “Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in proso?
| Letters | 5: P-R-O-S-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is proso?
Proso appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with proso?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as proso.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spoor, sopor.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of proso
- pros-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does proso mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does proso come from?
From Ancient Greek πρόσω (prósō, “forward”). By surface analysis, pros- + -o-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).