Influencial or influential?
Did you mean influential? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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influencial
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influential
Correct spelling: influential. Misspelling: influencial.
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Memory tip
Influence becomes influential with a T: influen-TIAL.
Why people write “influencial”
The misspelling “influencial” is only one letter off: it uses C in place of T.
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 influential automatic.
Other misspellings of “influential”
People also write “influentual”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“influentual”
Correct spelling: influential. Misspelling: influentual.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “influentual” is only one letter off: it writes U where influential has I.
What does “influential” mean?
influential adjective
- having or exercising influence or power
“an influential newspaper”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Influential” in a sentence
- She is an influential writer.
- An influential newspaper.
Is “influential” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“influencial” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from INFLUENTIAL.