Asistance or assistance?
Did you mean assistance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: assistance. Misspelling: asistance.
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Memory tip
The ending is -ance, as in assistant: assist + ance.
Why people write “asistance”
The misspelling “asistance” is only one letter off: it uses a single S where assistance has a double SS.
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 assistance automatic.
What does “assistance” mean?
assistance noun
- the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
“he gave me an assist with the housework”
- a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
“visual aids in teaching”
- gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
“economic assistance to depressed areas”
Synonyms:aid
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Assistance” in a sentence
- Do you need any assistance?
- He gave me an assist with the housework.
- Visual aids in teaching.
- Economic assistance to depressed areas.
Is “assistance” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“asistance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ASSISTANCE.