Accademy or academy?
Did you mean academy? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: academy. Misspelling: accademy.
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Memory tip
Only one C at the start, and an E in the middle: ac-A-d-E-my.
Why people write “accademy”
The misspelling “accademy” is only one letter off: it doubles the C, which academy spells with just one.
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 academy automatic.
Other misspellings of “academy”
People also write “acadamy”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“acadamy”
Correct spelling: academy. Misspelling: acadamy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “acadamy” is only one letter off: it writes A where academy has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “academy” mean?
academy noun
- a secondary school (usually private)
- an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
Synonyms:
- a school for special training
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Academy” in a sentence
- She trained at a ballet academy in Paris.
Is “academy” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“accademy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACADEMY.