# preposition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ · frequency rank #46,113

## Definitions
1. Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
2. An adposition.
3. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

## Etymology
From Middle English preposicioun, from Old French preposicion, from Latin praepositio, praepositionem, from praepono (“to place before”), equivalent to pre- + position. Compare French préposition. So called because it is placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.

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

## Common misspellings (17)
`perposition`, `ppreposition`, `preopsition`, `prepoistion`, `preposiiton`, `preposision`, `prepositino`, `prepositionn`, `prepositoin`, `preposittion`, `prepossition`, `prepostiion`, `prepposition`, `prepsoition`, `prpeosition`, `prreposition`, `rpeposition`

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