Aquaintence or acquaintance?
Did you mean acquaintance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: acquaintance. Misspelling: aquaintence.
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Memory tip
There is a C before the Q (ac-quaint) and the ending is -ance.
Why people write “aquaintence”
“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".
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.
What does “acquaintance” mean?
acquaintance noun
- personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Synonyms:familiarityconversanceconversancy
- a relationship less intimate than friendship
Synonyms:acquaintanceship
- 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?
25 points in Scrabble · 30 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“aquaintence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACQUAINTANCE.