# prohibitive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #30,924

## Definitions
1. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
2. Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
3. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
4. Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.

## Etymology
From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

## Easily confused with
- **prohibitively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prohibitive-vs-prohibitively)
- **prohibition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prohibition-vs-prohibitive)

## Common misspellings (16)
`porhibitive`, `pprohibitive`, `prhoibitive`, `prohbiitive`, `prohhibitive`, `prohibbitive`, `prohibiitve`, `prohibitiev`, `prohibitivve`, `prohibittive`, `prohibitvie`, `prohibtiive`, `prohiibtive`, `proihbitive`, `prrohibitive`, `rpohibitive`

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