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Circut or circuit?

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

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Correct spelling: circuit. Misspelling: circut.

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

Memory tip

It ends in -cuit, like biscuit: cir-CUIT.

Why people write “circut”

The misspelling “circut” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.

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 circuit automatic.

Other misspellings of “circuit”

People also write “curcuit”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“curcuit”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: circuit. Misspelling: curcuit.

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

The misspelling “curcuit” is only one letter off: it writes U where circuit has I, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

What does “circuit” mean?

circuit noun

  1. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

    Synonyms:

  2. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

    “they took an extended tour of Europe”

    Synonyms:tour

  3. an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to

    “she's a familiar name on the club circuit”

  4. the boundary line encompassing an area or object

    “he had walked the full circumference of his land”

    Synonyms:circumference

circuit verb

  1. make a circuit

    “They were circuiting about the state”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Circuit” in a sentence

  • The race is ten laps of the circuit.
  • They took an extended tour of Europe.
  • She's a familiar name on the club circuit.
  • He had walked the full circumference of his land.

Is “circuit” a playable word?

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11 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends

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

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

Circuit: quick answers

Is it circut or circuit?
The correct spelling is circuit. “circut” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “curcuit” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell circuit?
It ends in -cuit, like biscuit: cir-CUIT.
What does circuit mean?
Circuit means: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.