Monestary or monastery?
Did you mean monastery? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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monestary
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monastery
Correct spelling: monastery. Misspelling: monestary.
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 “monestary”
“monestary” has the right letters in the wrong places: the A and the E trade positions.
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.
Other misspellings of “monastery”
People also write “monastary”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“monastary”
Correct spelling: monastery. Misspelling: monastary.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The endings -ery and -ary often sound alike; this word takes -ery.
What does “monastery” mean?
monastery noun
- 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?
14 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“monestary” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MONASTERY.