Adolescant or adolescent?
Did you mean adolescent? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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adolescant
Correct
adolescent
Correct spelling: adolescent. Misspelling: adolescant.
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Memory tip
Adolescent and adolescence both use E: adoles-CENT.
Why people write “adolescant”
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 adolescent automatic.
What does “adolescent” mean?
adolescent adjective
- relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
“adolescent problems”
- being of the age 13 through 19
“teenage mothers”
- displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
“adolescent insecurity”
- in the state of development between puberty and maturity
“adolescent boys and girls”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Adolescent” in a sentence
- The novel follows an adolescent boy.
- Adolescent problems.
- Teenage mothers.
- Adolescent insecurity.
Is “adolescent” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“adolescant” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ADOLESCENT.