Exagerrate or exaggerate?
Did you mean exaggerate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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exagerrate
Correct
exaggerate
Correct spelling: exaggerate. Misspelling: exagerrate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double G, single R: exa-GG-e-R-ate.
Why people write “exagerrate”
“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.
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.
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
“exagerrate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXAGGERATE.