# preoccupied

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #20,740

## Definitions
1. Prepossessed; biased.
2. Already occupied.
3. Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another.
4. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

## Common misspellings (14)
`peroccupied`, `ppreoccupied`, `precocupied`, `preoccpuied`, `preoccuiped`, `preoccupeid`, `preoccupide`, `preoccupiedd`, `preoccuppied`, `preocucpied`, `preocupied`, `proeccupied`, `prreoccupied`, `rpeoccupied`

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