Aggragate or aggregate?
Did you mean aggregate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: aggregate. Misspelling: aggragate.
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Memory tip
Double G, as in aggressive; the middle vowel is E: ag-gre-gate.
Why people write “aggragate”
The misspelling “aggragate” is only one letter off: it writes A where aggregate has E, 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 aggregate automatic.
What does “aggregate” mean?
aggregate noun
- the whole amount
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Synonyms:congeriesconglomeration
aggregate verb
- amount in the aggregate to
- gather in a mass, sum, or whole
Synonyms:combine
aggregate adjective
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
“aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”
Synonyms:aggregatedaggregativemass
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
“raspberries are aggregate fruits”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Aggregate” in a sentence
- Their aggregate score over two games was 5-3.
- Aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year.
- Raspberries are aggregate fruits.
Is “aggregate” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“aggragate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AGGREGATE.