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Curriculem or curriculum?

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

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Correct spelling: curriculum. Misspelling: curriculem.

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

Memory tip

Double R, single L: cur-RIC-ulum.

Why people write “curriculem”

The misspelling “curriculem” is only one letter off: it writes E where curriculum has U, 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 curriculum automatic.

What does “curriculum” mean?

curriculum noun

  1. an integrated course of academic studies

    “he was admitted to a new program at the university”

    Synonyms:programprogrammesyllabus

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Curriculum” in a sentence

  • Music is part of the school curriculum.
  • He was admitted to a new program at the university.

Is “curriculum” a playable word?

c 3u 1r 1r 1i 1c 3u 1l 1u 1m 3

16 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends

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

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

Curriculum: quick answers

Is it curriculem or curriculum?
The correct spelling is curriculum. “curriculem” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell curriculum?
Double R, single L: cur-RIC-ulum.
What does curriculum mean?
Curriculum means: an integrated course of academic studies.