prosperity
/pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
"prosperity" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prosperity” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,189
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prosperity · prosperity · English
prosperity · rank #8,189 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,189
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prescribed
Nearest frequency peer: prescribed (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “prosperity”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pioneer
pioneer
91,816 corpus weight
- plaza
plaza
91,815 corpus weight
- prescribed
prescribed
91,814 corpus weight
- prosperity
prosperity
91,812 corpus weight
- recreational
recreational
91,810 corpus weight
- Reds
Reds
91,809 corpus weight
What this shows “prosperity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prosperity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prosperity”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around prosperity (IPA /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,189 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prosperity, with forms such as "porsperity", "pprosperity", and "propserity". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "property", "posterity", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity. The correct English form is prosperity, spelled P-R-O-S-P-E-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prosperity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: thriving
“Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began.
Etymology
From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porsperity
- pprosperity
- propserity
- proseprity
- prospeirty
- prosperitty
- prosperityy
- prosperiyt
- prosperrity
- prospertiy
- prospperity
- prospreity
- prossperity
- prrosperity
- prsoperity
- rposperity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prosperity - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).