Begginning or beginning?
Did you mean beginning? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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begginning
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beginning
Correct spelling: beginning. Misspelling: begginning.
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Memory tip
Double N: begin + n + ing, because the stress falls on -GIN.
Why people write “begginning”
The misspelling “begginning” is only one letter off: it doubles the G, which beginning spells with just one.
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 beginning automatic.
What does “beginning” mean?
beginning noun
- the event consisting of the start of something
“the beginning of the war”
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
“they got an early start”
Synonyms:commencementfirstoutsetstartkickoff
- the first part or section of something
“`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story”
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
“the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
beginning adjective
- serving to begin
“the beginning canto of the poem”
Synonyms:first
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Beginning” in a sentence
- Let's start from the beginning.
- The beginning of the war.
- They got an early start.
- `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story.
Is “beginning” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“begginning” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BEGINNING.