Existance or existence?
Did you mean existence? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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existance
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existence
Correct spelling: existence. Misspelling: existance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Exist + ence: after the X the vowels are I and then E, never A.
Why people write “existance”
The endings -ence and -ance sound identical in speech; this word takes -ence.
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 existence automatic.
Other misspellings of “existence”
People also write “existense”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“existense”
Correct spelling: existence. Misspelling: existense.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “existense” is only one letter off: it uses S in place of C; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “existence” mean?
existence noun
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Existence” in a sentence
- Scientists debated the existence of the particle.
- A point of view gradually coming into being.
- They study the evolution of the universe.
Is “existence” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“existance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXISTENCE.