# protégé

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɒtəʒeɪ/ · frequency rank #39,040

## Definitions
1. A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

## Etymology
Borrowed from French protégé, past participle of protéger (“to protect”).

## Easily confused with
- **protein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protege-vs-protein)
- **protest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protege-vs-protest)
- **Proteus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protege-vs-proteus)
- **protect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protect-vs-protege)
- **protease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protease-vs-protege)

## Common misspellings (10)
`portégé`, `pprotégé`, `protgéé`, `prottégé`, `protéggé`, `protéég`, `proétgé`, `prrotégé`, `prtoégé`, `rpotégé`

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