# prospect

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɒspɛkt/ · frequency rank #5,827

## Definitions
1. The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
2. A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.
3. A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
4. Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
5. The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.
6. The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
7. A hope; a hopeful.
8. Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.
9. A potential client or customer.
10. The façade of an organ.

## Etymology
From Middle English prospecte, from Latin prōspectus (“view, sight, prospect; panorama”), from prōspiciō (“to look forward”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns), from pro (“before, forward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look, to see”). By surface analysis, pro- + -spect. Doublet of prospectus. The verb is from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **protect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospect-vs-protect)
- **prosper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospect-vs-prosper)
- **prospects** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospect-vs-prospects)
- **prospectus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospect-vs-prospectus)
- **prospector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prospect-vs-prospector)
- **project** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/project-vs-prospect)

## Common misspellings (13)
`porspect`, `pprospect`, `propsect`, `prosepct`, `prospcet`, `prospecct`, `prospectt`, `prospetc`, `prosppect`, `prosspect`, `prrospect`, `prsopect`, `rpospect`

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