# protest

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/ · frequency rank #3,327

## Definitions
1. To make a strong objection.
2. To affirm (something).
3. To object to.
4. To publicly demonstrate against.
5. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
6. to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
7. To publish; to make known.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

## Easily confused with
- **proves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-proves)
- **Proust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-proust)
- **prowess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-prowess)
- **provost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-provost)
- **Proteus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-proteus)
- **protested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-protested)
- **protester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protest-vs-protester)
- **priest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priest-vs-protest)
- **potent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potent-vs-protest)
- **process** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/process-vs-protest)
- **project** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/project-vs-protest)
- **protect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protect-vs-protest)
- **protein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protein-vs-protest)
- **poorest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poorest-vs-protest)
- **pretext** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretext-vs-protest)
- **profess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/profess-vs-protest)
- **protégé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protege-vs-protest)
- **protease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/protease-vs-protest)

## Common misspellings (11)
`portest`, `pprotest`, `proetst`, `protesst`, `protestt`, `protets`, `protset`, `prottest`, `prrotest`, `prtoest`, `rpotest`

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