prehuman
adjective, noun
prehuman is spelled P-R-E-H-U-M-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, prehuman means “Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in prehuman?
| Letters | 8: P-R-E-H-U-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is prehuman?
Prehuman appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of prehuman
- prehumans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prehuman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
noun
- 1
One of the human-like creatures that existed before Homo sapiens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prehuman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | vormenschlich, prähuman |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does prehuman come from?
From pre- + human.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).