# prowl

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹaʊl/ · frequency rank #39,495

## Definitions
1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
2. To idle; to go about aimlessly.
3. To collect by plunder.

## Etymology
From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.

## Easily confused with
- **proxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prowl-vs-proxy)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pro-vs-prowl)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pow-vs-prowl)
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pol-vs-prowl)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pool-vs-prowl)
- **poll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poll-vs-prowl)
- **pros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pros-vs-prowl)
- **prom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prom-vs-prowl)
- **prop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prop-vs-prowl)
- **prob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prob-vs-prowl)
- **prod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prod-vs-prowl)
- **plow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plow-vs-prowl)
- **proc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proc-vs-prowl)
- **prog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prog-vs-prowl)
- **Prot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prot-vs-prowl)
- **proud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proud-vs-prowl)
- **prove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prove-vs-prowl)
- **proof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proof-vs-prowl)
- **probe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/probe-vs-prowl)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prone-vs-prowl)

## Common misspellings (8)
`porwl`, `pprowl`, `prolw`, `prowll`, `prowwl`, `prrowl`, `prwol`, `rpowl`

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