predestine
/pɹeˈdɛstɪn/
"predestine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“predestine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-predestine · predestine · English
predestine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | predestine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “predestine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
predestine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
predestine has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian. The correct English form is predestine, spelled P-R-E-D-E-S-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
- 2To foreordain by divine will.
Etymology
From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.