Begger or beggar?
Did you mean beggar? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: beggar. Misspelling: begger.
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Memory tip
A beggar is unusual: it ends in -ar, not -er.
Why people write “begger”
The misspelling “begger” is only one letter off: it writes E where beggar has A, 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 beggar automatic.
Other misspellings of “beggar”
People also write “beggor”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“beggor”
Correct spelling: beggar. Misspelling: beggor.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “beggor” is only one letter off: it writes O where beggar has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “beggar” mean?
beggar noun
- a pauper who lives by begging
Synonyms:mendicant
beggar verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Beggar” in a sentence
- A beggar sat by the station entrance.
- This beggars description!.
Is “beggar” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“begger” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BEGGAR.