# prostrate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #42,837

## Definitions
1. Lying flat, face-down.
2. Emotionally devastated.
3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
5. Prostrated.

## Etymology
From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.

## Easily confused with
- **prostate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prostate-vs-prostrate)

## Common misspellings (14)
`porstrate`, `pprostrate`, `prosrtate`, `prosstrate`, `prostarte`, `prostraet`, `prostratte`, `prostrrate`, `prostrtae`, `prosttrate`, `protsrate`, `prrostrate`, `prsotrate`, `rpostrate`

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