# prestige

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹɛsˈtiːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #10,426

## Definitions
1. The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
2. Delusion; illusion; trick.
3. The act of starting over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
4. A level, rank, or tier corresponding to prestige.

## Etymology
From French prestige (“illusion, fascination, enchantment, prestige”), from Latin praestīgium (“a delusion, an illusion”). Despite the phonetic similarities and the old meaning of “delusion, illusion, trick”, the word has a different root than prestidigitator (“conjurer”) and prestidigitation.

## Easily confused with
- **pristine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prestige-vs-pristine)
- **preside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preside-vs-prestige)
- **prentice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prentice-vs-prestige)

## Common misspellings (12)
`perstige`, `pprestige`, `presitge`, `presstige`, `prestgie`, `prestieg`, `prestigge`, `presttige`, `pretsige`, `prrestige`, `prsetige`, `rpestige`

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