proies

/\pʁwa\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,121

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

proies is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de proie. Pronounced \pʁwa\. Often confused with pros and prône.

Key facts for proies
PropertyValue
Headwordproies
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,121
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of proies in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for proies is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,121 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de proie.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for proies, with forms such as "pories", "pproies", and "prioes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pros", "prône", "prose", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is proies, spelled P-R-O-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de proie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pories,pproies,prioes,proeis,proiess,proise,prroies,rpoies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for proies

Misspelling Variants of "proies"

pories6pproies7prioes6proeis6proiess7proise6prroies7rpoies6
Misspelling Variants of "proies"

Frequency rank: #21,121 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "proies"?
"proies" is spelled P-R-O-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁwa\.
What does "proies" mean?
As a noun, "proies" means: Pluriel de proie.
What words are commonly confused with "proies"?
"proies" is commonly confused with "pros", "prône", "prose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proies" is \pʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proies" come from?
"proies" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.