Prerogitive or prerogative?
Did you mean prerogative? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: prerogative. Misspelling: prerogitive.
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Memory tip
It starts with PRE, like prefix: pre-ROG-ative.
Why people write “prerogitive”
The misspelling “prerogitive” is only one letter off: it writes I where prerogative has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make prerogative automatic.
What does “prerogative” mean?
prerogative noun
- a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
“suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males”
Synonyms:privilegeperquisite
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Prerogative” in a sentence
- Changing your mind is your prerogative.
- Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
Is “prerogative” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“prerogitive” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PREROGATIVE.