Abreviate or abbreviate?
Did you mean abbreviate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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abreviate
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abbreviate
Correct spelling: abbreviate. Misspelling: abreviate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double B, then "brev" as in brevity: ab-BREV-iate. Shortening a word is all about brevity.
Why people write “abreviate”
The misspelling “abreviate” is only one letter off: it uses a single B where abbreviate has a double BB.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make abbreviate automatic.
Other misspellings of “abbreviate”
People also write “abbriviate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“abbriviate”
Correct spelling: abbreviate. Misspelling: abbriviate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “abbriviate” is only one letter off: it writes I where abbreviate has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “abbreviate” mean?
abbreviate verb
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
“The manuscript must be shortened”
Synonyms:abridgeforeshortenshortencutcontract
- shorten
“Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Abbreviate” in a sentence
- You can abbreviate "February" as "Feb."
- The manuscript must be shortened.
- Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'.
Is “abbreviate” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“abreviate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ABBREVIATE.