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Monastary or monastery?

Did you mean monastery? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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monastary

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Correct spelling: monastery. Misspelling: monastary.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

The vowel after the N is A, and the word ends in -ery: mon-A-st-ERY.

Why people write “monastary”

The endings -ery and -ary often sound alike; this word takes -ery.

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 monastery automatic.

What does “monastery” mean?

monastery noun

  1. the residence of a religious community

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Monastery” in a sentence

  • The monks have lived in the monastery for centuries.

Is “monastery” a playable word?

m 3o 1n 1a 1s 1t 1e 1r 1y 4

14 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“monastary” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MONASTERY.

Monastery: quick answers

Is it monastary or monastery?
The correct spelling is monastery. “monastary” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell monastery?
The vowel after the N is A, and the word ends in -ery: mon-A-st-ERY.
What does monastery mean?
Monastery means: the residence of a religious community.