proxy
/ˈpɹɒk.si/
"proxy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“proxy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,749
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-proxy · proxy · English
proxy · rank #10,749 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,749
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preserving
Nearest frequency peer: preserving (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “proxy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- popcorn
popcorn
89,255 corpus weight
- positioning
positioning
89,254 corpus weight
- preserving
preserving
89,253 corpus weight
- proxy
proxy
89,252 corpus weight
- quantitative
quantitative
89,251 corpus weight
- regain
regain
89,250 corpus weight
What this shows “proxy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proxy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɒk.si/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “proxy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around proxy (IPA /ˈpɹɒk.si/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,749 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for proxy, with forms such as "porxy", "pproxy", and "proxxy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pry", "pro", "pox", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor. The correct English form is proxy, spelled P-R-O-X-Y.
Definition
- 1Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proxy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a proxy indicator
a proxy measurement
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porxy
- pproxy
- proxxy
- proxyy
- proyx
- prroxy
- prxoy
- rpoxy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proxy - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).