Decend or descend?
Did you mean descend? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: descend. Misspelling: decend.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
The SC is the same as in ascend: de-SCEND.
Why people write “decend”
The misspelling “decend” is only one letter off: it leaves out the S.
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 descend automatic.
Other misspellings of “descend”
People also write “desend”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“desend”
Correct spelling: descend. Misspelling: desend.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “desend” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
What does “descend” mean?
descend verb
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
“The temperature is going down”
Synonyms:fall
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
“She was descended from an old Italian noble family”
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Synonyms:condescenddeign
- come as if by falling
“Night fell”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Descend” in a sentence
- The plane began to descend toward the runway.
- The temperature is going down.
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family.
- Night fell.
Is “descend” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“decend” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DESCEND.