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Excellant or excellent?

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

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excellant

Correct

excellent

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Correct spelling: excellent. Misspelling: excellant.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Excel + lent: double L.

Why people write “excellant”

The endings -ent and -ant are pronounced the same way; this word takes -ent.

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.

What does “excellent” mean?

excellent adjective

  1. 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?

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18 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends

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

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

Excellent: quick answers

Is it excellant or excellent?
The correct spelling is excellent. “excellant” 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 excellent?
Excel + lent: double L.
What does excellent mean?
Excellent means: very good; of the highest quality.