Spelling.School · How to spell
How to spell prepare
What it means: To make something ready.
In a sentence: Let's prepare some cookies for the party.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as prepair or prepere.
Same family: preparation, prepared, preparing, preparedness, unprepared. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Prepare” comes from Latin *praeparare*, formed from *prae* meaning “before” and *parare* meaning “make ready.” So the word literally means “to make ready beforehand,” which is still exactly how we use it today.
Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter
Try spelling it
You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.
Words like this
Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.