# prehistoric

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #16,775

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
2. Ancient; very old, outdated, etc.

## Etymology
From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.

## Easily confused with
- **prehistory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prehistoric-vs-prehistory)

## Common misspellings (17)
`perhistoric`, `pprehistoric`, `prehhistoric`, `prehisotric`, `prehisstoric`, `prehistoirc`, `prehistorci`, `prehistoricc`, `prehistorric`, `prehistroic`, `prehisttoric`, `prehitsoric`, `prehsitoric`, `preihstoric`, `prheistoric`, `prrehistoric`, `rpehistoric`

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