Elimanate or eliminate?
Did you mean eliminate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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elimanate
Correct
eliminate
Correct spelling: eliminate. Misspelling: elimanate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Think of limit: e-LIM-inate.
Why people write “elimanate”
The misspelling “elimanate” is only one letter off: it writes A where eliminate 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 eliminate automatic.
What does “eliminate” mean?
eliminate verb
- terminate, end, or take out
“Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics”
Synonyms:extinguish
- do away with
Synonyms:obviate
- kill in large numbers
“the plague wiped out an entire population”
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
“John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
Synonyms:reject
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Eliminate” in a sentence
- We need to eliminate errors.
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
- The plague wiped out an entire population.
- John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi.
Is “eliminate” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“elimanate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ELIMINATE.