Discription or description?
Did you mean description? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
discription
Correct
description
Correct spelling: description. Misspelling: discription.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Describe becomes description: DE at the start, and the B turns into a P.
Why people write “discription”
The misspelling “discription” is only one letter off: it writes I where description has E, 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 description automatic.
Other misspellings of “description”
People also write “descripton”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“descripton”
Correct spelling: description. Misspelling: descripton.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “descripton” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.
What does “description” mean?
description noun
- a statement that represents something in words
Synonyms:
- the act of describing something
- sort or variety
“every description of book was there”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Description” in a sentence
- The job description is very detailed.
- Every description of book was there.
Is “description” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“discription” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DESCRIPTION.