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Assassanation or assassination?

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

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Correct spelling: assassination. Misspelling: assassanation.

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

Memory tip

It has four Ss: ass + ass + ination.

Why people write “assassanation”

The misspelling “assassanation” is only one letter off: it writes A where assassination has I, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

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 assassination automatic.

What does “assassination” mean?

assassination noun

  1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

    Synonyms:blackwash

  2. murder of a public figure by surprise attack

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Assassination” in a sentence

  • The assassination shocked the nation.

Is “assassination” a playable word?

a 1s 1s 1a 1s 1s 1i 1n 1a 1t 1i 1o 1n 1

13 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
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“assassanation” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ASSASSINATION.

Assassination: quick answers

Is it assassanation or assassination?
The correct spelling is assassination. “assassanation” 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 assassination?
It has four Ss: ass + ass + ination.
What does assassination mean?
Assassination means: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation.