Allignment or alignment?
Did you mean alignment? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: alignment. Misspelling: allignment.
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Memory tip
Align has a single L and a silent G: a-LIGN-ment.
Why people write “allignment”
The misspelling “allignment” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which alignment 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 alignment automatic.
What does “alignment” mean?
alignment noun
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Synonyms:conjunction
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Alignment” in a sentence
- Get your wheel alignment checked every year.
Is “alignment” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“allignment” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ALIGNMENT.