Cemetary or cemetery?
Did you mean cemetery? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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cemetary
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cemetery
Correct spelling: cemetery. Misspelling: cemetary.
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Memory tip
The only vowel is E, three times: c-E-m-E-t-E-ry.
Why people write “cemetary”
The endings -ery and -ary often sound alike; this word takes -ery.
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.
Other misspellings of “cemetery”
People also write “cematery”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“cematery”
Correct spelling: cemetery. Misspelling: cematery.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
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".
What does “cemetery” mean?
cemetery noun
- 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?
15 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“cemetary” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CEMETERY.