proie

\pʁwa\

/\pʁwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“proie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,874. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,874
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-proie · proie · French

proie · rank #6,874 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,874
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH profits

Nearest frequency peer: profits (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « proie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « proie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

proie vs pros
60% similar
proie vs prou
60% similar
proie vs prom
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for proie
PropertyValue
Headwordproie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁwa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,874
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).proiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « profits » (#6,873), « proposés » (#6,875), « prochainement » (#6,872). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « proie » est au #6,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around proie (IPA \pʁwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,874 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for proie, with forms such as "porie", "pproie", and "prioe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pros", "prou", "prom", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is proie, spelled P-R-O-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger.
  2. 2
    Ce dont on s’empare pour s’en nourrir.
  3. 3
    Butin fait à la guerre, et généralement, toute chose dont on s’empare avec violence, avec une sorte de rapacité.
  4. 4
    Personne qui a beaucoup à souffrir des passions des autres ou de sa propre passion.
  5. 5
    Action d'être soumis au ravage ou à la destruction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how proie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tout vit de proie. La nature va se dévorant elle même […]
  2. A de grandes altitudes planaient les frégates et les phaétons, qui tombaient souvent avec une rapidité vertigineuse pour arracher en l'air leur proie aux oiseaux de mer plongeurs.

Antonyms

prédateur

This word in other languages

prey(English)presa(Español)Beutetier(Deutsch)presa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porie
  • pproie
  • prioe
  • proei
  • prroie
  • rpoie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proie - 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.

porie2pproie1prioe2proei2prroie1rpoie2
Edit distance from "proie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proie"?
"proie" is spelled P-R-O-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁwa\.
What does "proie" mean?
As a noun, "proie" means: Animal vivant qu’un animal carnassier ravit pour le manger.
What words are commonly confused with "proie"?
"proie" is commonly confused with "pros", "prou", "prom". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proie" is \pʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proie" come from?
"proie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "proie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pékin#6,878party#6,867otage#6,863turcs#6,905

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

linge6 variantslent6 variantswhat6 variantsabattu6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list