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Beggor or beggar?

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

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Correct spelling: beggar. Misspelling: beggor.

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

Memory tip

A beggar is unusual: it ends in -ar, not -er.

Why people write “beggor”

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".

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.

What does “beggar” mean?

beggar noun

  1. a pauper who lives by begging

    Synonyms:mendicant

beggar verb

  1. be beyond the resources of

    “This beggars description!”

  2. reduce to beggary

    Synonyms:pauperizepauperise

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?

b 3e 1g 2g 2a 1r 1

10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends

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

Beggar: quick answers

Is it beggor or beggar?
The correct spelling is beggar. “beggor” 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 beggar?
A beggar is unusual: it ends in -ar, not -er.
What does beggar mean?
Beggar means: a pauper who lives by begging.