Acumulate or accumulate?
Did you mean accumulate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: accumulate. Misspelling: acumulate.
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Memory tip
Two Cs and one M, with the vowel U twice: ac-CU-mU-late.
Why people write “acumulate”
The misspelling “acumulate” is only one letter off: it uses a single C where accumulate has a double CC.
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 accumulate automatic.
Other misspellings of “accumulate”
People also write “accumalate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“accumalate”
Correct spelling: accumulate. Misspelling: accumalate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “accumalate” is only one letter off: it writes A where accumulate has U, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “accumulate” mean?
accumulate verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Accumulate” in a sentence
- Dust tends to accumulate under the bed.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife.
- Journals are accumulating in my office.
Is “accumulate” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“acumulate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACCUMULATE.