Innoculate or inoculate?
Did you mean inoculate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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innoculate
Correct
inoculate
Correct spelling: inoculate. Misspelling: innoculate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
One N and one C: in-oc-u-late.
Why people write “innoculate”
The misspelling “innoculate” is only one letter off: it doubles the N, which inoculate spells with just one.
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 inoculate automatic.
Other misspellings of “inoculate”
People also write “inocculate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“inocculate”
Correct spelling: inoculate. Misspelling: inocculate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “inocculate” is only one letter off: it doubles the C, which inoculate spells with just one.
What does “inoculate” mean?
inoculate verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Inoculate” in a sentence
- Doctors inoculate children against measles.
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs.
- We vaccinate against scarlet fever.
Is “inoculate” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“innoculate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from INOCULATE.