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Acquaintence or acquaintance?

Did you mean acquaintance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: acquaintance. Misspelling: acquaintence.

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Memory tip

There is a C before the Q (ac-quaint) and the ending is -ance.

Why people write “acquaintence”

The endings -ance and -ence sound identical in speech; this word takes -ance.

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 acquaintance automatic.

Other misspellings of “acquaintance”

People also write “aquaintance” and “aquaintence”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“aquaintance”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: acquaintance. Misspelling: aquaintance.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “aquaintance” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.

“aquaintence”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: acquaintance. Misspelling: aquaintence.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

“aquaintence” differs from “acquaintance” in 2 places: it leaves out the C; and it writes E where acquaintance has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

What does “acquaintance” mean?

acquaintance noun

  1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

    Synonyms:familiarityconversanceconversancy

  2. a relationship less intimate than friendship

    Synonyms:acquaintanceship

  3. a person with whom you are acquainted

    “I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances”

    Synonyms:friend

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Acquaintance” in a sentence

  • She is an old acquaintance from college.
  • I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances.

Is “acquaintance” a playable word?

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25 points in Scrabble · 30 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“acquaintence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACQUAINTANCE.

Acquaintance: quick answers

Is it acquaintence or acquaintance?
The correct spelling is acquaintance. “acquaintence” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “aquaintance” and “aquaintence” are wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell acquaintance?
There is a C before the Q (ac-quaint) and the ending is -ance.
What does acquaintance mean?
Acquaintance means: personal knowledge or information about someone or something.