How do you spell Predicament?
Correct spelling
predicament
Think PREDICATE + MENT: logical statement plus outcome equals predicament
Why is predicament spelled this way?
From Latin praedicamentum, a category. PRAE (before) + DICARE (to proclaim). A predicament was originally a logical category. It came to mean a difficult situation — trouble that defies easy classification.
Common misspellings of predicament
predicimentpredecamentpredicamint
Example
The chess player found herself in a predicament when both moves led to checkmate.