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prejudice

prej·u·dice/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/noun, verb, adjective

prejudice is spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E, 3 syllables: prej·u·dice. The wrong spelling people search most is predjudice: about 160 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 41 of all searches for the word. Prejudice is a noun meaning “An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts”. The plural of prejudice is prejudices.

How many letters and syllables are in prejudice?

Letters9: P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E
Syllables3: prej·u·dice
In writing6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched1; the most searched, predjudice, about 160 Bing searches a month (all of them)

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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How do you spell prejudice?

Prejudice is spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 41 of the searches for prejudice in either form.

prejudicethe right spelling6,430 searches a month
predjudicean extra d160 searches a month

Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.

How common is prejudice?

Prejudice appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th 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).

How do you pronounce prejudice?

  • /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/

Prejudice has 3 syllables, split prej·u·dice in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prejudice.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of prejudice

  • prejudices plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • prejudicing participle, present
  • prejudiced participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does prejudice mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.

  2. 2

    A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.

    Morality is but a prejudice.

  3. 3

    An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.

    I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

  4. 4

    obsoleteKnowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.

  5. 5

    obsoleteMischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.

verb

  1. 1

    To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).

  2. 2

    To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

adjective

  1. 1

    Pronunciation spelling of prejudiced, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Prejudice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpréjugé (adverse judgement formed beforehand), idée préconçue (any preconceived opinion), préjudice (damage caused)
GermanVorurteil, Voreingenommenheit (adverse judgement formed beforehand), vorgefasste Meinung (any preconceived opinion), Schaden (damage caused)
Portuguesepreconceito (adverse judgement formed beforehand), prejulgamento, pressuposição (any preconceived opinion), intolerância (irrational hostile attitude), prejudicar (to have a negative impact)
Spanishprejuicio (adverse judgement formed beforehand), perjudicar (to have a negative impact), prejuiciar (to cause prejudice)

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 prejudice come from?

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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