Heirarchy or hierarchy?
Did you mean hierarchy? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: hierarchy. Misspelling: heirarchy.
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Memory tip
It starts with hier- (from Greek hieros, sacred), not heir: HIER-archy.
Why people write “heirarchy”
The misspelling “heirarchy” is only one letter off: it writes EI instead of IE, the classic "i before e" trap.
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 hierarchy automatic.
Other misspellings of “hierarchy”
People also write “hierachy”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“hierachy”
Correct spelling: hierarchy. Misspelling: hierachy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “hierachy” is only one letter off: it leaves out the R.
What does “hierarchy” mean?
hierarchy noun
- a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
“put honesty first in her hierarchy of values”
- the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Hierarchy” in a sentence
- The company has a strict hierarchy.
- Put honesty first in her hierarchy of values.
Is “hierarchy” a playable word?
20 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“heirarchy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from HIERARCHY.