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Decendant or descendant?

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

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Correct spelling: descendant. Misspelling: decendant.

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

Memory tip

Descend + ant: keep the SC, and a person is a descendANT.

Why people write “decendant”

The misspelling “decendant” 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 descendant automatic.

What does “descendant” mean?

descendant noun

  1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor

    Synonyms:descendent

descendant adjective

  1. going or coming down

    Synonyms:descendent

  2. proceeding by descent from an ancestor

    “descendent gene”

    Synonyms:descendent

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Descendant” in a sentence

  • She is a descendant of the town's founder.
  • Descendent gene.

Is “descendant” a playable word?

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14 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Descendant: quick answers

Is it decendant or descendant?
The correct spelling is descendant. “decendant” 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 descendant?
Descend + ant: keep the SC, and a person is a descendANT.
What does descendant mean?
Descendant means: a person considered as descended from some ancestor.