prolevsprosaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“prole” and “prosa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,688
“prole” frequency rank
#12,526
“prosa” frequency rank
43214
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature prole prosa
Definition filhos; crianças; descendentes forma natural de falar ou escrever sem versos, métrica ou rima

Letter map: prole vs prosa

Shared letters muted; letters that set prole and prosa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
prole
5 ch
prosa

Spelling & dictionary notes on prole vs prosa

prole and prosa are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

prole is recorded at frequency rank #30,688, classified as anoun. prosa is at rank #12,526, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɾɔ.zɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43214, this pair ranks #22,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of prole vs prosa

Shared letters: opr. Private to "prole": el. Private to "prosa": as.

"prole" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "prosa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • proleporle · pprole · prloe · proel · prolle · prrole · rpole
  • prosaporsa · pprosa · proas · prossa · prrosa · prsoa · rposa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "prole" for "prosa" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "prole" or "prosa"?
"prosa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,526 in our Portuguese list, against #30,688 for "prole". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "prole" vs "prosa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "prole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "prole" and "prosa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs prole". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #22,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list