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Developement or development?

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

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Correct spelling: development. Misspelling: developement.

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Memory tip

Develop + ment, with no E in between.

Why people write “developement”

The misspelling “developement” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, E.

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 development automatic.

Other misspellings of “development”

People also write “devlopment”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“devlopment”

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Correct spelling: development. Misspelling: devlopment.

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

The misspelling “devlopment” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.

What does “development” mean?

development noun

  1. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

    “he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency”

  2. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

    “the development of his ideas took many years”

    Synonyms:evolution

  3. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

    “he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children”

    Synonyms:growthgrowingmaturationontogenyontogenesis

  4. a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

    “recent developments in Iraq”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Development” in a sentence

  • The development of the city took decades.
  • He congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency.
  • The development of his ideas took many years.
  • He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children.

Is “development” a playable word?

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19 points in Scrabble · 24 in Words With Friends

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

Development: quick answers

Is it developement or development?
The correct spelling is development. “developement” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “devlopment” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell development?
Develop + ment, with no E in between.
What does development mean?
Development means: act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.