Accross or across?
Did you mean across? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: across. Misspelling: accross.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Only one C: a + cross.
Why people write “accross”
The misspelling “accross” is only one letter off: it doubles the C, which across 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 across automatic.
Other misspellings of “across”
People also write “accros”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“accros”
Correct spelling: across. Misspelling: accros.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“accros” differs from “across” in 2 places: it doubles the C, which across spells with just one; and it uses a single S where across has a double SS.
What does “across” mean?
across adverb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Across” in a sentence
- They swam across the lake.
- The football field was 300 feet across.
- The marble slabs were cut across.
Is “across” a playable word?
8 points in Scrabble · 9 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“accross” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACROSS.