How Do You Spell MORE PREPATENT?

Pronunciation: [mˈɔː pɹɪpˈe͡ɪtənt] (IPA)

The correct spelling of the word "more prepatent" is a bit tricky. It is pronounced /mɔr ˈprɛpətnt/. The first part "more" is spelled as it sounds, but "prepatent" has an unusual spelling. The "pr" is pronounced as a single consonant sound /pr/ and the following syllables are pronounced with a short "e" sound and a stressed "a" sound, respectively. The word means "more apparent or obvious" and is often used in legal contexts to describe a patent that is even more obvious than previous patents.