# procrastinate

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹəʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/ · frequency rank #41,321

## Definitions
1. To delay taking action; to wait until later.
2. To put off; to delay (something).

## Etymology
First attested in 1548; from Latin prōcrastinātus, perfect passive participle of prōcrastinō (“defer, put off till tomorrow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from prō- (“in favor of”) + crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from crās (“tomorrow”).

## Common misspellings (20)
`porcrastinate`, `pprocrastinate`, `prcorastinate`, `procarstinate`, `proccrastinate`, `procrasitnate`, `procrasstinate`, `procrastiante`, `procrastinaet`, `procrastinatte`, `procrastinnate`, `procrastintae`, `procrastniate`, `procrasttinate`, `procratsinate`, `procrrastinate`, `procrsatinate`, `prorcastinate`, `prrocrastinate`, `rpocrastinate`

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