Immediete or immediate?
Did you mean immediate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
immediete
Correct
immediate
Correct spelling: immediate. Misspelling: immediete.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double M, as in immediately: im-MEDI-ate.
Why people write “immediete”
The misspelling “immediete” is only one letter off: it writes E where immediate has A.
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 immediate automatic.
What does “immediate” mean?
immediate adjective
- of the present time and place
“the immediate revisions”
- very close or connected in space or time
“contiguous events”
Synonyms:contiguous
- having no intervening medium
“an immediate influence”
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
“the immediate result”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Immediate” in a sentence
- The effect was immediate.
- The immediate revisions.
- Contiguous events.
- An immediate influence.
Is “immediate” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“immediete” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from IMMEDIATE.