proxy

\pʁɔk.si\

/\pʁɔk.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“proxy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,753
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serveur informatique qui a pour fonction de relayer des requêtes entre un poste client et un serveur, utilisé pour assurer les fonctions de mémoire cache, de journalisation des requêtes (« logging ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-proxy · proxy · French

proxy · rank #30,753 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,753
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH promptement

Nearest frequency peer: promptement (-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 « proxy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « proxy » 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).

proxy vs pro
60% similar
proxy vs prix
60% similar
proxy vs prof
60% similar

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

Key facts for proxy
PropertyValue
Headwordproxy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔk.si\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,753
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « proxy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.proxyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « promptement » (#30,752), « préférons » (#30,754), « prog » (#30,751). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « proxy » est au #30,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around proxy (IPA \pʁɔk.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,753 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for proxy, with forms such as "porxy", "pproxy", and "proxxy". 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, "pro", "prix", "prof", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is proxy, spelled P-R-O-X-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serveur informatique qui a pour fonction de relayer des requêtes entre un poste client et un serveur, utilisé pour assurer les fonctions de mémoire cache, de journalisation des requêtes (« logging »), assurer la sécurité du réseau local, le filtrage et l’anonymat.
  2. 2
    Agent agissant pour le compte d’un autre acteur.
  3. 3
    (Statistique) Variable de substitution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je dois passer par un proxy.
  2. Mais ils permettaient aussi de surfer anonymement sur Internet car ils s’appuyaient sur des serveurs proxy qui cryptaient les données. Peter pouvait ainsi se connecter facilement, et seul serait visible son accès au serveur VPN – et non à celui de l’AMRF.

Synonyms

serveur mandataire

This word in other languages

proxy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • porxy
  • pproxy
  • proxxy
  • proxyy
  • proyx
  • prroxy
  • prxoy
  • rpoxy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

porxy2pproxy1proxxy1proxyy1proyx2prroxy1prxoy2rpoxy2
Edit distance from "proxy"

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 "proxy"?
"proxy" is spelled P-R-O-X-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔk.si\.
What does "proxy" mean?
As a noun, "proxy" means: Serveur informatique qui a pour fonction de relayer des requêtes entre un poste client et un serveur, utilisé pour assurer les fonctions de mémoire cache, de journalisation des requêtes (« logging ...
What words are commonly confused with "proxy"?
"proxy" is commonly confused with "pro", "prix", "prof". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "proxy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "proxy" is \pʁɔk.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "proxy" come from?
"proxy" 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 "proxy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

pliée#30,742plata#30,741ratez#30,769orson#30,727

Similar misspelling depth

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

pupille8 variantspotier8 variantsquorum8 variantsreleva8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list