prosper

\pros.per\

/\pros.per\/ adj

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The verdict

“prosper” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,489
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-prosper · prosper · French

prosper · rank #29,489 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,489
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH proposaient

Nearest frequency peer: proposaient (-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 « prosper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « prosper » 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).

prosper vs prouver
71% similar
prosper vs prospère
75% similar
prosper vs prospérer
78% similar

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

Key facts for prosper
PropertyValue
Headwordprosper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pros.per\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,489
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « prosper »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).prosperse 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 « proposaient » (#29,488), « provoqua » (#29,490), « propagent » (#29,487). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « prosper » est au #29,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prosper (IPA \pros.per\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,489 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de prosperus.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prosper, with forms such as "porsper", "pprosper", and "propser". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "prouver", "prospère", "prospérer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prosper, spelled P-R-O-S-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de prosperus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porsper
  • pprosper
  • propser
  • prosepr
  • prosperr
  • prospper
  • prospre
  • prossper
  • prrosper
  • prsoper
  • rposper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porsper2pprosper1propser2prosepr2prosperr1prospper1prospre2prossper1
Edit distance from "prosper"

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 "prosper"?
"prosper" is spelled P-R-O-S-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \pros.per\.
What does "prosper" mean?
As an adjective, "prosper" means: Variante de prosperus.
What words are commonly confused with "prosper"?
"prosper" is commonly confused with "prouver", "prospère", "prospérer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prosper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prosper" is \pros.per\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prosper" come from?
"prosper" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pommade#29,480raviver#29,507rayonne#29,508parades#29,469

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

provoqua11 variantspopulace11 variantspeignoir11 variantsraffinage11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list