proies

\pʁwa\

/\pʁwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“proies” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,121. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,121
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de proie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-proies · proies · French

proies · rank #21,121 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,121
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH probables

Nearest frequency peer: probables (-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 « proies »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « proies » 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).

proies vs pros
67% similar
proies vs prône
50% similar
proies vs prose
67% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proies »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.proiesse 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 « probables » (#21,120), « projectile » (#21,122), « poursuivra » (#21,119). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « proies » est au #21,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around proies (IPA \pʁwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,121 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de proie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for proies, with forms such as "pories", "pproies", and "prioes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pros", "prône", "prose", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is proies, spelled P-R-O-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de proie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Rô, qui faisait de la chair des pauvres gens qu’elle surprenait chaque jour, de coutumières ripailles, n’était pas seulement une redoutable ennemie, mais, douée par surcroît d’une subtile intelligence et d’une perversion inexplicable, elle savait tendre aux riverains de la côte, pièges et trébuchets, afin qu’y tombassent les imprudents égarés loin du bour…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pories
  • pproies
  • prioes
  • proeis
  • proiess
  • proise
  • prroies
  • rpoies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pories2pproies1prioes2proeis2proiess1proise2prroies1rpoies2
Edit distance from "proies"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

purger#21,130parure#21,107relayé#21,141oncles#21,098

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ordonna8 variantsnomade8 variantsmaduro8 variantssmash8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list