proa
\pʁɔ.a\
The verdict
“proa” is uncommon French (frequency #84,190 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,190
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de prao.
Corpus desk
Index FR-proa · proa · French
proa · rank #84,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,190
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH probably
Nearest frequency peer: probably (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « proa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- preserve
preserve
15,814 corpus weight
- preste
preste
15,813 corpus weight
- proa
proa
15,811 corpus weight
- probably
probably
15,810 corpus weight
- Probst
Probst
15,809 corpus weight
- procura
procura
15,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « proa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | proa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.a\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « proa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
proa is uncommon French at frequency #84,190 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de prao.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for proa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is proa, spelled P-R-O-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de prao.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how proa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le second de la proa, se doutant bien qu'il serait entendu et compris de plus d'un des nombreux spectateurs qui assistaient à cette rixe, cria en se défendant énergiquement.
À Trépang Bay, ils ont trouvé quatre proas malaises, avec environ 400 hommes, battant la mer.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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