premonitory
/pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
"premonitory" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“premonitory” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serving as a warning or premonition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-premonitory · premonitory · English
premonitory · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | premonitory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “premonitory” in English
Rare enough to double-check
premonitory is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serving as a warning or premonition.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for premonitory in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius. The correct English form is premonitory, spelled P-R-E-M-O-N-I-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Serving as a warning or premonition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how premonitory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.
Many conditions formerly thought to be purely functional are now known as premonitory evidences of organic disease, and the prognosis must be guarded accordingly.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.
This word in other languages
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.