Anniversery or anniversary?
Did you mean anniversary? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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anniversery
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anniversary
Correct spelling: anniversary. Misspelling: anniversery.
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Memory tip
Double N at the start, and the ending is -ary after VERS, as in verse: an-ni-VERS-ary.
Why people write “anniversery”
The endings -ary and -ery often sound alike; this word takes -ary.
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 anniversary automatic.
Other misspellings of “anniversary”
People also write “aniversary”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“aniversary”
Correct spelling: anniversary. Misspelling: aniversary.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “aniversary” is only one letter off: it uses a single N where anniversary has a double NN.
What does “anniversary” mean?
anniversary noun
- the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Anniversary” in a sentence
- They celebrated their tenth anniversary in Rome.
Is “anniversary” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“anniversery” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ANNIVERSARY.