Calander or calendar?
Did you mean calendar? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: calendar. Misspelling: calander.
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Memory tip
The last vowel is A: cal-EN-DAR. Think of the "dar" in radar.
Why people write “calander”
“calander” has the right letters in the wrong places: the E and the A trade positions.
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 calendar automatic.
Other misspellings of “calendar”
People also write “calandar”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“calandar”
Correct spelling: calendar. Misspelling: calandar.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “calandar” is only one letter off: it writes A where calendar has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “calendar” mean?
calendar noun
- a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
- a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)
“I have you on my calendar for next Monday”
- a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)
calendar verb
- enter into a calendar
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Calendar” in a sentence
- Mark the date on your calendar.
- I have you on my calendar for next Monday.
Is “calendar” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“calander” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CALENDAR.