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Perscription or prescription?

Did you mean prescription? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: prescription. Misspelling: perscription.

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Memory tip

It starts with PRE, as in prescribe: pre-SCRIP-tion.

Why people write “perscription”

The misspelling “perscription” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of R and E.

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 prescription automatic.

What does “prescription” mean?

prescription noun

  1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

    “I tried to follow her prescription for success”

  2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist

    “he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly”

    Synonyms:

  3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
  4. written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

prescription adjective

  1. available only with a doctor's written prescription

    “a prescription drug”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Prescription” in a sentence

  • The doctor wrote a prescription for antibiotics.
  • I tried to follow her prescription for success.
  • He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly.
  • A prescription drug.

Is “prescription” a playable word?

p 3r 1e 1s 1c 3r 1i 1p 3t 1i 1o 1n 1

18 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“perscription” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PRESCRIPTION.

Prescription: quick answers

Is it perscription or prescription?
The correct spelling is prescription. “perscription” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell prescription?
It starts with PRE, as in prescribe: pre-SCRIP-tion.
What does prescription mean?
Prescription means: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.