Consciencious or conscientious?
Did you mean conscientious? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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consciencious
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conscientious
Correct spelling: conscientious. Misspelling: consciencious.
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Memory tip
Conscience + -tious: con-SCIEN-tious.
Why people write “consciencious”
The misspelling “consciencious” is only one letter off: it uses C in place of T.
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 conscientious automatic.
What does “conscientious” mean?
conscientious adjective
- characterized by extreme care and great effort
“conscientious application to the work at hand”
Synonyms:painstakingscrupulous
- guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
“a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Conscientious” in a sentence
- She is a conscientious worker.
- Conscientious application to the work at hand.
- A conscientious decision to speak out about injustice.
Is “conscientious” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“consciencious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CONSCIENTIOUS.