# premonition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/ · frequency rank #44,417

## Definitions
1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

## Etymology
First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.

## Easily confused with
- **preposition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/premonition-vs-preposition)
- **precondition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/precondition-vs-premonition)

## Common misspellings (17)
`permonition`, `ppremonition`, `premmonition`, `premnoition`, `premointion`, `premoniiton`, `premonision`, `premonitino`, `premonitionn`, `premonitoin`, `premonittion`, `premonnition`, `premontiion`, `preomnition`, `prmeonition`, `prremonition`, `rpemonition`

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