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Embarassment or embarrassment?

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

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Correct spelling: embarrassment. Misspelling: embarassment.

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Memory tip

Embarrass + ment: double R and double S.

Why people write “embarassment”

The misspelling “embarassment” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where embarrassment has a double RR.

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 embarrassment automatic.

What does “embarrassment” mean?

embarrassment noun

  1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
  2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

    “he is currently suffering financial embarrassments”

  3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

    “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”

  4. extreme excess

    “an embarrassment of riches”

    Synonyms:overplusplethorasuperfluity

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Embarrassment” in a sentence

  • His face turned red with embarrassment.
  • He is currently suffering financial embarrassments.
  • The outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals.
  • An embarrassment of riches.

Is “embarrassment” a playable word?

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19 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Embarrassment: quick answers

Is it embarassment or embarrassment?
The correct spelling is embarrassment. “embarassment” 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 embarrassment?
Embarrass + ment: double R and double S.
What does embarrassment mean?
Embarrassment means: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public.