# practise

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpɹæktɪs/ · frequency rank #14,615

## Definitions
1. To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
2. To repeat an activity in this way.
3. To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
4. To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
5. To conspire.
6. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
7. To make use of; to employ.
8. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

## Etymology
From Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per(h₂)- (“to go over, cross”).

## Easily confused with
- **praise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practise-vs-praise)
- **precise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practise-vs-precise)
- **proactive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practise-vs-proactive)
- **practice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practice-vs-practise)
- **practices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practices-vs-practise)
- **practiced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/practiced-vs-practise)

## Common misspellings (12)
`parctise`, `ppractise`, `pracctise`, `pracitse`, `practies`, `practisse`, `practsie`, `practtise`, `pratcise`, `prcatise`, `prractise`, `rpactise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/practise