Insurence or insurance?
Did you mean insurance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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insurence
Correct
insurance
Correct spelling: insurance. Misspelling: insurence.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Insure + ance: the ending is -ance.
Why people write “insurence”
The endings -ance and -ence sound identical in speech; this word takes -ance.
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 insurance automatic.
Other misspellings of “insurance”
People also write “insurrance”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“insurrance”
Correct spelling: insurance. Misspelling: insurrance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “insurrance” is only one letter off: it doubles the R, which insurance spells with just one.
What does “insurance” mean?
insurance noun
- promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- written contract or certificate of insurance
“you should have read the small print on your policy”
Synonyms:policy
- protection against future loss
Synonyms:indemnity
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Insurance” in a sentence
- Do you have travel insurance?
- You should have read the small print on your policy.
Is “insurance” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“insurence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from INSURANCE.