Cleanlyness or cleanliness?
Did you mean cleanliness? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
cleanlyness
Correct
cleanliness
Correct spelling: cleanliness. Misspelling: cleanlyness.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Cleanly + ness, with the Y turning into I: clean-LI-ness.
Why people write “cleanlyness”
The misspelling “cleanlyness” is only one letter off: it uses Y in place of I; the two letters can sound alike here.
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 cleanliness automatic.
Other misspellings of “cleanliness”
People also write “cleaniness”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“cleaniness”
Correct spelling: cleanliness. Misspelling: cleaniness.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “cleaniness” is only one letter off: it leaves out the L.
What does “cleanliness” mean?
cleanliness noun
- the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
- diligence in keeping clean
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Cleanliness” in a sentence
- The hotel was praised for its cleanliness.
Is “cleanliness” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“cleanlyness” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CLEANLINESS.