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Experiance or experience?

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

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experiance

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experience

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Correct spelling: experience. Misspelling: experiance.

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

Memory tip

It ends in -ence: experi-ENCE.

Why people write “experiance”

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 experience automatic.

Other misspellings of “experience”

People also write “expierence”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“expierence”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: experience. Misspelling: expierence.

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

“expierence” has all the right letters, but the I is in the wrong place.

What does “experience” mean?

experience noun

  1. the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities

    “a man of experience”

  2. the content of direct observation or participation in an event

    “he had a religious experience”

  3. an event as apprehended

    “a surprising experience”

experience verb

  1. undergo or live through a difficult experience

    “We had many trials to go through”

    Synonyms:see

  2. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

    “I know the feeling!”

    Synonyms:knowlive

  3. go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

    “get an idea”

    Synonyms:receivehaveget

  4. undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

    “She felt resentful”

    Synonyms:feel

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Experience” in a sentence

  • She has ten years of teaching experience.
  • A man of experience.
  • He had a religious experience.
  • A surprising experience.

Is “experience” a playable word?

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21 points in Scrabble · 24 in Words With Friends

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

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

Experience: quick answers

Is it experiance or experience?
The correct spelling is experience. “experiance” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “expierence” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell experience?
It ends in -ence: experi-ENCE.
What does experience mean?
Experience means: the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities.