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Excelence or excellence?

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

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Correct spelling: excellence. Misspelling: excelence.

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Memory tip

Excel + l + ence: double L, and the -ence of excellent.

Why people write “excelence”

The misspelling “excelence” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where excellence has a double LL.

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 excellence automatic.

What does “excellence” mean?

excellence noun

  1. the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
  2. an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels

    “a center of manufacturing excellence”

    Synonyms:excellency

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Excellence” in a sentence

  • The school is known for academic excellence.
  • A center of manufacturing excellence.

Is “excellence” a playable word?

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21 points in Scrabble · 26 in Words With Friends

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

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

Excellence: quick answers

Is it excelence or excellence?
The correct spelling is excellence. “excelence” 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 excellence?
Excel + l + ence: double L, and the -ence of excellent.
What does excellence mean?
Excellence means: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree.