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Encylopedia or encyclopedia?

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

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Correct spelling: encyclopedia. Misspelling: encylopedia.

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

Memory tip

En + cyclo (circle) + pedia: en-CYCLO-pedia. British English also uses encyclopaedia.

Why people write “encylopedia”

The misspelling “encylopedia” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.

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 encyclopedia automatic.

Other misspellings of “encyclopedia”

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

“encyclopidia”

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Correct spelling: encyclopedia. Misspelling: encyclopidia.

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

The misspelling “encyclopidia” is only one letter off: it writes I where encyclopedia has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

What does “encyclopedia” mean?

encyclopedia noun

  1. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

    Synonyms:cyclopediaencyclopaediacyclopaedia

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Encyclopedia” in a sentence

  • Look it up in the encyclopedia.

Is “encyclopedia” a playable word?

e 1n 1c 3y 4c 3l 1o 1p 3e 1d 2i 1a 1

22 points in Scrabble · 26 in Words With Friends

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

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

Encyclopedia: quick answers

Is it encylopedia or encyclopedia?
The correct spelling is encyclopedia. “encylopedia” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “encyclopidia” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell encyclopedia?
En + cyclo (circle) + pedia: en-CYCLO-pedia. British English also uses encyclopaedia.
What does encyclopedia mean?
Encyclopedia means: a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.