Adjacant or adjacent?
Did you mean adjacent? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: adjacent. Misspelling: adjacant.
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Memory tip
Ad + jacent, with a D before the J; the ending is -ent, not -ant.
Why people write “adjacant”
The endings -ent and -ant are pronounced the same way; this word takes -ent.
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 adjacent automatic.
What does “adjacent” mean?
adjacent adjective
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
“had adjacent rooms”
Synonyms:next
- having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
“Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut”
Synonyms:conterminouscontiguousneighboring
- near or close to but not necessarily touching
“lands adjacent to the mountains”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Adjacent” in a sentence
- The library is adjacent to the town hall.
- Had adjacent rooms.
- Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Connecticut.
- Lands adjacent to the mountains.
Is “adjacent” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“adjacant” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ADJACENT.