pridevsproleWhich spelling fits?

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“pride” and “prole” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,799
“pride” frequency rank
#33,789
“prole” frequency rank
71588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pride prole
Definition Orgullo. Descendencia, linaje o hijos de una persona.

Where the eye mixes pride and prole

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
pride
5 ch
prole

Look-alike desk: pride vs prole

A purely visual mix-up. pride (/pɹaɪd/) and prole ([ˈpɾole]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pride is recorded at frequency rank #37,799, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹaɪd/. prole is at rank #33,789, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾole].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 71588, this pair ranks #27,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pride vs prole

Shared letters: epr. Private to "pride": di. Private to "prole": lo.

"pride" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prole" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pridepirde · ppride · prdie · pridde · pried · prride · rpide
  • proleporle · pprole · prloe · proel · prolle · prrole · rpole

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pride" and "prole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/pɹaɪd/ versus [ˈpɾole]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pride" or "prole"?
"prole" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,789 in our Spanish list, against #37,799 for "pride". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "pride" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pride" and "prole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pride vs prius". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #27,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list