prosthesis
/pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/
"prosthesis" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prosthesis” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,173. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,173
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
Corpus desk
Index EN-prosthesis · prosthesis · English
prosthesis · rank #37,173 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,173
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH prong
Nearest frequency peer: prong (-1 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 “prosthesis”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- proletarian
proletarian
62,831 corpus weight
- prolonging
prolonging
62,830 corpus weight
- prong
prong
62,829 corpus weight
- prosthesis
prosthesis
62,828 corpus weight
- prosthetics
prosthetics
62,827 corpus weight
- PSC
PSC
62,826 corpus weight
What this shows “prosthesis” 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 | prosthesis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “prosthesis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around prosthesis (IPA /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,173 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for prosthesis, with forms such as "porsthesis", "pprosthesis", and "proshtesis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prosthetic", "prosthetics", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By s… The correct English form is prosthesis, spelled P-R-O-S-T-H-E-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
- 2Prothesis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prosthesis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gong believes the fiber-reinforced hydrogel could be used to create biomaterials, such as artificial organs and prostheses, able to endure everyday wear-and-tear.
Etymology
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). By surface analysis, prosth- + -esis.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porsthesis
- pprosthesis
- proshtesis
- prossthesis
- prostehsis
- prostheiss
- prosthesiss
- prosthessi
- prosthessis
- prosthhesis
- prosthseis
- prostthesis
- protshesis
- prrosthesis
- prsothesis
- rposthesis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prosthesis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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