prox
/pɹɒks/
"prox" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“prox” is uncommon English (frequency #95,308 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,308
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹɒks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prox” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prox is uncommon English at frequency #95,308 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹɒks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.".
prox doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare proxy. The correct English form is prox, spelled P-R-O-X.
Definition
- 1The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
Etymology
Compare proxy.
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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Using “prox”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɹɒks/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.