Equivelant or equivalent?
Did you mean equivalent? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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equivelant
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equivalent
Correct spelling: equivalent. Misspelling: equivelant.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Equi (equal) + valent: think of "value", and end in -ent.
Why people write “equivelant”
“equivelant” has the right letters in the wrong places: the A and the E trade positions.
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 equivalent automatic.
Other misspellings of “equivalent”
People also write “equivilent”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“equivilent”
Correct spelling: equivalent. Misspelling: equivilent.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “equivilent” is only one letter off: it writes I where equivalent has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “equivalent” mean?
equivalent noun
- a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
“send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps”
- the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
Synonyms:eq
equivalent adjective
- being essentially equal to something
“it was as good as gold”
Synonyms:tantamount
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Equivalent” in a sentence
- One kilometer is equivalent to about 0.62 miles.
- Send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps.
- It was as good as gold.
Is “equivalent” a playable word?
22 points in Scrabble · 26 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“equivelant” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EQUIVALENT.