Likelyhood or likelihood?
Did you mean likelihood? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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likelyhood
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likelihood
Correct spelling: likelihood. Misspelling: likelyhood.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Likely changes its Y to I: like-LI-hood.
Why people write “likelyhood”
The misspelling “likelyhood” is only one letter off: it uses Y in place of I; the two letters can sound alike here.
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 likelihood automatic.
Other misspellings of “likelihood”
People also write “likelihod”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“likelihod”
Correct spelling: likelihood. Misspelling: likelihod.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “likelihod” is only one letter off: it uses a single O where likelihood has a double OO.
What does “likelihood” mean?
likelihood noun
- the probability of a specified outcome
Synonyms:likeliness
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Likelihood” in a sentence
- There is a strong likelihood of rain.
Is “likelihood” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“likelyhood” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from LIKELIHOOD.