Assend or ascend?
Did you mean ascend? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: ascend. Misspelling: assend.
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Memory tip
The SC is the same as in descend: a-SCEND.
Why people write “assend”
The misspelling “assend” is only one letter off: it uses S in place of C; the two letters can sound alike here.
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 ascend automatic.
Other misspellings of “ascend”
People also write “acend”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“acend”
Correct spelling: ascend. Misspelling: acend.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “acend” is only one letter off: it leaves out the S.
What does “ascend” mean?
ascend verb
- travel up
“We ascended the mountain”
Synonyms:
- go back in order of genealogical succession
“Inheritance may not ascend linearly”
- become king or queen
“She ascended to the throne after the King's death”
- appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
“the vine climbed up the side of the house”
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Ascend” in a sentence
- The climbers began to ascend the north face.
- We ascended the mountain.
- Inheritance may not ascend linearly.
- She ascended to the throne after the King's death.
Is “ascend” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“assend” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ASCEND.