Consistancy or consistency?
Did you mean consistency? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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consistancy
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consistency
Correct spelling: consistency. Misspelling: consistancy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Consistent + cy: the E of consistent stays.
Why people write “consistancy”
The misspelling “consistancy” is only one letter off: it writes A where consistency has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
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 consistency automatic.
What does “consistency” mean?
consistency noun
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
“wool has more body than rayon”
Synonyms:consistencesubstancebody
- a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
Synonyms:consistence
- logical coherence and accordance with the facts
“a rambling argument that lacked any consistency”
- (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Consistency” in a sentence
- The sauce should have a smooth consistency.
- Wool has more body than rayon.
- A rambling argument that lacked any consistency.
Is “consistency” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“consistancy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CONSISTENCY.