Comunicate or communicate?
Did you mean communicate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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comunicate
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communicate
Correct spelling: communicate. Misspelling: comunicate.
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Memory tip
Double M, as in community: com-MUNI-cate.
Why people write “comunicate”
The misspelling “comunicate” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where communicate 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 communicate automatic.
Other misspellings of “communicate”
People also write “communcate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“communcate”
Correct spelling: communicate. Misspelling: communcate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “communcate” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.
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
“comunicate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COMMUNICATE.