Exagerate or exaggerate?
Did you mean exaggerate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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exaggerate
Correct spelling: exaggerate. Misspelling: exagerate.
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Memory tip
Double G, single R: exa-GG-e-R-ate.
Why people write “exagerate”
The misspelling “exagerate” is only one letter off: it uses a single G where exaggerate has a double GG.
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 exaggerate automatic.
Other misspellings of “exaggerate”
People also write “exagerrate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“exagerrate”
Correct spelling: exaggerate. Misspelling: exagerrate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“exagerrate” differs from “exaggerate” in 2 places: it uses a single G where exaggerate has a double GG; and it doubles the R, which exaggerate spells with just one.
What does “exaggerate” mean?
exaggerate verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
“tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery”
- do something to an excessive degree
“He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”
Synonyms:overdo
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Exaggerate” in a sentence
- Don't exaggerate the problem.
- Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups.
Is “exaggerate” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“exagerate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXAGGERATE.