Descrepancy or discrepancy?
Did you mean discrepancy? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: discrepancy. Misspelling: descrepancy.
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Memory tip
It starts with DIS and ends in -ancy: dis-CREP-ancy.
Why people write “descrepancy”
The misspelling “descrepancy” is only one letter off: it writes E where discrepancy has I, 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 discrepancy automatic.
Other misspellings of “discrepancy”
People also write “discrepency”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“discrepency”
Correct spelling: discrepancy. Misspelling: discrepency.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “discrepency” is only one letter off: it writes E where discrepancy has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “discrepancy” mean?
discrepancy noun
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
“a growing divergence of opinion”
Synonyms:disagreementdivergencevariance
- an event that departs from expectations
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Discrepancy” in a sentence
- There was a discrepancy in the figures.
- A growing divergence of opinion.
Is “discrepancy” a playable word?
21 points in Scrabble · 24 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“descrepancy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DISCREPANCY.