Apreciate or appreciate?
Did you mean appreciate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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apreciate
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appreciate
Correct spelling: appreciate. Misspelling: apreciate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double P: ap-preciate.
Why people write “apreciate”
The misspelling “apreciate” is only one letter off: it uses a single P where appreciate has a double PP.
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 appreciate automatic.
Other misspellings of “appreciate”
People also write “appriciate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“appriciate”
Correct spelling: appreciate. Misspelling: appriciate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “appriciate” is only one letter off: it writes I where appreciate has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “appreciate” mean?
appreciate verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Appreciate” in a sentence
- I appreciate your patience.
- Do you appreciate the full meaning of this letter?.
- I prize these old photographs.
- The yen appreciated again!.
Is “appreciate” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“apreciate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from APPRECIATE.