Comitting or committing?
Did you mean committing? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: committing. Misspelling: comitting.
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Memory tip
Commit doubles its final T before -ing: com-MIT-TING.
Why people write “comitting”
The misspelling “comitting” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where committing has a double MM.
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 committing automatic.
What does “committing” mean?
committing verb
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
“perpetrate a crime”
Synonyms:perpetratepull
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
“She committed herself to the work of God”
Synonyms:givededicateconsecratedevote
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
“After the second episode, she had to be committed”
- confer a trust upon
“The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Committing” in a sentence
- He admitted committing the error.
- Perpetrate a crime.
- She committed herself to the work of God.
- After the second episode, she had to be committed.
Is “committing” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“comitting” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMMITTING.