prenuptial agreement

noun

"prenuptial-agreement" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“prenuptial agreement” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.

Key facts for prenuptial agreement
PropertyValue
Headwordprenuptial agreement
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prenuptial agreement” sits in English frequency

prenuptial agreement falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prenuptial agreement is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.".

prenuptial agreement has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From prenuptial + agreement. The correct English form is prenuptial agreement, spelled P-R-E-N-U-P-T-I-A-L- -A-G-R-E-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.

Etymology

From prenuptial + agreement.

Synonyms

antenuptial agreementpremarital agreementprenupprenuptial

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prenuptial agreement"?
"prenuptial agreement" is spelled P-R-E-N-U-P-T-I-A-L- -A-G-R-E-E-M-E-N-T.
What does "prenuptial agreement" mean?
As a noun, "prenuptial agreement" means: A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.
What is the origin of the word "prenuptial agreement"?
From prenuptial + agreement. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “prenuptial agreement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-N-U-P-T-I-A-L- -A-G-R-E-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list