Facinate or fascinate?
Did you mean fascinate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: fascinate. Misspelling: facinate.
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Memory tip
There's an SC in the middle: fa-SC-inate.
Why people write “facinate”
The misspelling “facinate” is only one letter off: it leaves out the S.
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 fascinate automatic.
Other misspellings of “fascinate”
People also write “fasinate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“fasinate”
Correct spelling: fascinate. Misspelling: fasinate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “fasinate” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
What does “fascinate” mean?
fascinate verb
- cause to be interested or curious
Synonyms:intrigue
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
“The snake charmer fascinates the cobra”
- attract; cause to be enamored
“She captured all the men's hearts”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Fascinate” in a sentence
- Space has always fascinated me.
- The snake charmer fascinates the cobra.
- She captured all the men's hearts.
Is “fascinate” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“facinate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FASCINATE.