Commitee or committee?
Did you mean committee? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: committee. Misspelling: commitee.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Three doubles: MM, TT and EE.
Why people write “commitee”
The misspelling “commitee” is only one letter off: it uses a single T where committee 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 committee automatic.
Other misspellings of “committee”
People also write “comittee” and “committe”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“comittee”
Correct spelling: committee. Misspelling: comittee.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “comittee” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where committee has a double MM.
“committe”
Correct spelling: committee. Misspelling: committe.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “committe” is only one letter off: it uses a single E where committee has a double EE.
What does “committee” mean?
committee noun
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
“a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle”
Synonyms:commission
- a self-constituted organization to promote something
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Committee” in a sentence
- The committee meets every Tuesday.
- A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle.
Is “committee” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“commitee” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMMITTEE.