Prost

\pʁɔst\

/\pʁɔst\/ name

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The verdict

“Prost” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,843
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-prost · Prost · French

Prost · rank #33,843 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,843
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH prolongent

Nearest frequency peer: prolongent (-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 « Prost »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Prost » 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).

Prost vs prou
40% similar
Prost vs prot
60% similar
Prost vs proue
40% similar

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

Key facts for Prost
PropertyValue
HeadwordProst
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pʁɔst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,843
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Prost »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Prostse 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 « prolongent » (#33,842), « providentiel » (#33,844), « professional » (#33,841). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Prost » est au #33,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Prost (IPA \pʁɔst\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,843 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Prost, with forms such as "pprost", "prosst", and "prostt". 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, "prou", "prot", "proue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Prost, spelled P-R-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un conseil particulièrement dense a eu lieu mardi 11 juillet, sous la présidence de Gwenaëlle Prost, maire de Saint-Augustin.
  2. Portées par l’interprétation des deux rôles-titres (Caroline Prost en flic à côté de ses pompes et Hugo Becker, flippant à souhait), les quatre-vingt-dix-huit minutes filent à toute vitesse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pprost
  • prosst
  • prostt
  • prrost
  • prsot
  • rpost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pprost1prosst1prostt1prrost1prsot2rpost2
Edit distance from "Prost"

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 "Prost"?
"Prost" is spelled P-R-O-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔst\.
What does "Prost" mean?
As a proper noun, "Prost" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Prost"?
"Prost" is commonly confused with "prou", "prot", "proue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Prost"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Prost" is \pʁɔst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Prost" come from?
"Prost" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pinto#33,833pesée#33,826ricci#33,872Selma#33,892

Similar misspelling depth

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

plot6 variantsSousse6 variantsmanet6 variantsmadre6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list