presupposition
/pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
"presupposition" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“presupposition” is uncommon English (frequency #78,955 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,955
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | presupposition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #78,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “presupposition” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
presupposition is uncommon English at frequency #78,955 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for presupposition, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”). The correct English form is presupposition, spelled P-R-E-S-U-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
- 2The act of presupposing.
- 3An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language.
Etymology
From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”).
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “presupposition”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-S-U-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.