# prestigious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/ · frequency rank #8,844

## Definitions
1. Of high prestige.

## Etymology
Attested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”); equivalent to prestige + -ious. Unstressed /ɛ/ is retained by analogy with prestige.

## Common misspellings (16)
`perstigious`, `pprestigious`, `presitgious`, `presstigious`, `prestgiious`, `prestiggious`, `prestigiosu`, `prestigiouss`, `prestigiuos`, `prestigoius`, `prestiigous`, `presttigious`, `pretsigious`, `prrestigious`, `prsetigious`, `rpestigious`

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