prop

noun

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The verdict

“prop” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,465
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pilier, pieu, poteau

Corpus desk

Index FR-prop · prop · French

prop · rank #41,465 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,465
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prompte

Nearest frequency peer: prompte (-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 « prop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prop » 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).

prop vs PVP
0% similar
prop vs PSP
0% similar
prop vs pros
75% similar

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

Key facts for prop
PropertyValue
Headwordprop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#41,465
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prop »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.propse 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 « prompte » (#41,464), « protectrices » (#41,466), « progressives » (#41,463). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prop » est au #41,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around prop, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,465 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for prop, with forms such as "porp", "pprop", and "propp". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PVP", "PSP", "pros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prop, spelled P-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pilier, pieu, poteau
  2. 2
    Appui, étai
  3. 3
    Soutien, support
  4. 4
    Pilier

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The props "prop up" the hooker in the scrum.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porp
  • pprop
  • propp
  • prpo
  • prrop
  • rpop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

porp2pprop1propp1prpo2prrop1rpop2
Edit distance from "prop"

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 "prop"?
"prop" is spelled P-R-O-P.
What does "prop" mean?
As a noun, "prop" means: Pilier, pieu, poteau
What words are commonly confused with "prop"?
"prop" is commonly confused with "PVP", "PSP", "pros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "prop" come from?
"prop" 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 "prop", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puit#41,476Sato#41,525seed#41,533seen#41,534

Similar misspelling depth

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

Pirée6 variantsneeds6 variantsMissy6 variantslumia6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list