# precautionary

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #29,422

## Definitions
1. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.

## Etymology
From precaution + -ary.

## Common misspellings (19)
`percautionary`, `pprecautionary`, `prceautionary`, `preacutionary`, `precatuionary`, `precauitonary`, `precautinoary`, `precautioanry`, `precautionarry`, `precautionaryy`, `precautionayr`, `precautionnary`, `precautionray`, `precautoinary`, `precauttionary`, `preccautionary`, `precuationary`, `prrecautionary`, `rpecautionary`

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