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Allegience or allegiance?

Did you mean allegiance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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allegience

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allegiance

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Correct spelling: allegiance. Misspelling: allegience.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

It ends in -iance, like alliance: al-le-gi-ance.

Why people write “allegience”

The endings -ance and -ence sound identical in speech; this word takes -ance.

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 allegiance automatic.

What does “allegiance” mean?

allegiance noun

  1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

    “his long commitment to public service”

    Synonyms:commitmentloyaltydedication

  2. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

    Synonyms:fealty

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Allegiance” in a sentence

  • They pledged allegiance to the flag.
  • His long commitment to public service.

Is “allegiance” a playable word?

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13 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“allegience” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ALLEGIANCE.

Allegiance: quick answers

Is it allegience or allegiance?
The correct spelling is allegiance. “allegience” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell allegiance?
It ends in -iance, like alliance: al-le-gi-ance.
What does allegiance mean?
Allegiance means: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.