Excelent or excellent?
Did you mean excellent? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
excelent
Correct
excellent
Correct spelling: excellent. Misspelling: excelent.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Excel + lent: double L.
Why people write “excelent”
The misspelling “excelent” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where excellent 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 excellent automatic.
Other misspellings of “excellent”
People also write “excellant”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“excellant”
Correct spelling: excellent. Misspelling: excellant.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The endings -ent and -ant are pronounced the same way; this word takes -ent.
What does “excellent” mean?
excellent adjective
- very good; of the highest quality
“made an excellent speech”
Synonyms:fantabuloussplendidripping
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Excellent” in a sentence
- That's an excellent idea.
- Made an excellent speech.
Is “excellent” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“excelent” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXCELLENT.