proof
The filled squares are the 2 vowels — 2 of 5 letters. In the size-ranked list, proof sits in the everyday tier.
- Letters
- 58,636 words share the length
- Syllables
- 1stress on the first
- Anagrams
- 0none in this dictionary
- One letter away
- 0none in this dictionary
What it means
- adjective(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
- nounany factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
- nouna formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
How it sounds
The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary reads it as p r uw1 f — one syllable, the stress on syllable 1.
15 words share everything from the last stressed vowel on — that is what counts as a rhyme here.
- aloof
- fireproof
- foolproof
- goof
- hoof
- roof
- spoof
- waterproof
- woof
- bulletproof
- poof
- rustproof
- shatterproof
- sunroof
- weatherproof
Its letters, rearranged
No other word in this dictionary uses exactly these 5 letters.
One letter away
No word in this dictionary differs from it by exactly one letter.
Same length, one position changed.
Lists it belongs to
Tier: everyday. The tiers come from the English Speller Database and rank by list size, not by how often a word is used — see where the words come from.