Commerical or commercial?
Did you mean commercial? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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commerical
Correct
commercial
Correct spelling: commercial. Misspelling: commerical.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double M, like commerce: com-mercial.
Why people write “commerical”
The misspelling “commerical” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of C and 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 commercial automatic.
What does “commercial” mean?
commercial noun
- a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
Synonyms:
commercial adjective
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
“commercial trucker”
- of or relating to commercialism
“a commercial attache”
- of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
“commercial grade of beef”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Commercial” in a sentence
- The commercial ran during the game.
- Commercial trucker.
- A commercial attache.
- Commercial grade of beef.
Is “commercial” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“commerical” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMMERCIAL.