Desend or descend?
Did you mean descend? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: descend. Misspelling: desend.
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Memory tip
The SC is the same as in ascend: de-SCEND.
Why people write “desend”
The misspelling “desend” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
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.
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
“desend” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DESCEND.