# prepare

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹɪˈpɛə/ · frequency rank #2,753

## Definitions
1. To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
2. To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
3. To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
4. To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

## Etymology
Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

## Easily confused with
- **prewar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepare-vs-prewar)
- **propane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepare-vs-propane)
- **prepared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepare-vs-prepared)
- **preface** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preface-vs-prepare)
- **prepaid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prepaid-vs-prepare)
- **pregame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pregame-vs-prepare)
- **prelate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prelate-vs-prepare)
- **predate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/predate-vs-prepare)

## Common misspellings (10)
`perpare`, `pprepare`, `preapre`, `prepaer`, `preparre`, `preppare`, `preprae`, `prpeare`, `prrepare`, `rpepare`

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