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Cematery or cemetery?

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

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Correct spelling: cemetery. Misspelling: cematery.

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

Memory tip

The only vowel is E, three times: c-E-m-E-t-E-ry.

Why people write “cematery”

The misspelling “cematery” is only one letter off: it writes A where cemetery has E, 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 cemetery automatic.

What does “cemetery” mean?

cemetery noun

  1. a tract of land used for burials

    Synonyms:graveyard

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Cemetery” in a sentence

  • The old cemetery is on the hill.

Is “cemetery” a playable word?

c 3e 1m 3e 1t 1e 1r 1y 4

15 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“cematery” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CEMETERY.

Cemetery: quick answers

Is it cematery or cemetery?
The correct spelling is cemetery. “cematery” 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 cemetery?
The only vowel is E, three times: c-E-m-E-t-E-ry.
What does cemetery mean?
Cemetery means: a tract of land used for burials.