Medecine or medicine?
Did you mean medicine? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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medecine
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Correct spelling: medicine. Misspelling: medecine.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Medic + ine: the vowel after the D is I, as in medical.
Why people write “medecine”
The misspelling “medecine” is only one letter off: it writes E where medicine has I, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
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 medicine automatic.
What does “medicine” mean?
medicine noun
- the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Synonyms:
- (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Synonyms:medicationmedicament
- the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
“he studied medicine at Harvard”
Synonyms:
- punishment for one's actions
“you have to face the music”
Synonyms:music
medicine verb
- treat medicinally, treat with medicine
Synonyms:medicate
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Medicine” in a sentence
- Take your medicine after meals.
- He studied medicine at Harvard.
- You have to face the music.
Is “medicine” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“medecine” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MEDICINE.