Communcate or communicate?
Did you mean communicate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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communcate
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Correct spelling: communicate. Misspelling: communcate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double M, as in community: com-MUNI-cate.
Why people write “communcate”
The misspelling “communcate” 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 communicate automatic.
What does “communicate” mean?
communicate verb
- transmit information
“Please communicate this message to all employees”
Synonyms:pass
- transmit thoughts or feelings
“He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist”
Synonyms:intercommunicate
- transfer to another
“communicate a disease”
- join or connect
“The rooms communicated”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Communicate” in a sentence
- We communicate mostly by email.
- Please communicate this message to all employees.
- He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist.
- Communicate a disease.
Is “communicate” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 25 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“communcate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMMUNICATE.