Which to use
“prole” is a noun and “prove” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,688
- “prole” frequency rank
- #12,132
- “prove” frequency rank
- 42820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prole | prove |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | filhos; crianças; descendentes | provar |
Letter map: prole vs prove
Shared letters muted; letters that set prole and prove apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for prole / prove
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: prole is anoun and proveaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “prole” becomes v in “prove”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prole is recorded at frequency rank #30,688, classified as anoun. prove is at rank #12,132, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɹuːv/.
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 42820, this pair ranks #22,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of prole vs prove
Shared letters: eopr. Private to "prole": l. Private to "prove": v.
"prole" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "prove" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "prole" and "prove" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "prole" vs "prove" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "prole" and "prove". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "prole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prove" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prole" and "prove" 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 #22,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.