Cigarrete or cigarette?
Did you mean cigarette? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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cigarrete
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cigarette
Correct spelling: cigarette. Misspelling: cigarrete.
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Memory tip
One R, double T, then a final E: ciga-R-e-TT-e.
Why people write “cigarrete”
“cigarrete” differs from “cigarette” in 2 places: it doubles the R, which cigarette spells with just one; and it uses a single T where cigarette has a double TT.
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 cigarette automatic.
Other misspellings of “cigarette”
People also write “cigarett” and “cigerette”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“cigarett”
Correct spelling: cigarette. Misspelling: cigarett.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “cigarett” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent E, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
“cigerette”
Correct spelling: cigarette. Misspelling: cigerette.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “cigerette” is only one letter off: it writes E where cigarette has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “cigarette” mean?
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Cigarette” in a sentence
- He put out his cigarette.
Is “cigarette” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“cigarrete” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CIGARETTE.