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Correspondance or correspondence?

Did you mean correspondence? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: correspondence. Misspelling: correspondance.

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Memory tip

Correspond + ence: double R, and -ence like independence.

Why people write “correspondance”

The endings -ence and -ance sound identical in speech; this word takes -ence.

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 correspondence automatic.

Other misspellings of “correspondence”

People also write “corespondence”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“corespondence”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: correspondence. Misspelling: corespondence.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “corespondence” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where correspondence has a double RR.

What does “correspondence” mean?

correspondence noun

  1. communication by the exchange of letters
  2. compatibility of observations

    “there was no agreement between theory and measurement”

    Synonyms:agreement

  3. the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

    Synonyms:commensuratenessproportionateness

  4. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

    Synonyms:symmetrysymmetricalnessbalance

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Correspondence” in a sentence

  • Keep all correspondence about the claim.
  • There was no agreement between theory and measurement.

Is “correspondence” a playable word?

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21 points in Scrabble · 26 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“correspondance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CORRESPONDENCE.

Correspondence: quick answers

Is it correspondance or correspondence?
The correct spelling is correspondence. “correspondance” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “corespondence” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell correspondence?
Correspond + ence: double R, and -ence like independence.
What does correspondence mean?
Correspondence means: communication by the exchange of letters.