How to spell itinerary

hear iti·tin·er·ar·y/aɪ'tɪnə'rɛri/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A proposed route of travel.

In a sentence: We wrote down our trip's itinerary so we wouldn't miss anything fun.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as itinery or intinerary.

Same family: itineraries, itinerant, route, schedule, agenda. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Itinerary comes from Latin 'itinerarium', meaning a record of a journey, from 'iter' or 'itineris' for 'journey' or 'road'. In ancient Rome, itineraria were written road guides listing routes and distances between cities—like very early paper GPS directions.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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