Occassion or occasion?
Did you mean occasion? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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occassion
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occasion
Correct spelling: occasion. Misspelling: occassion.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double C, single S: o-CC-a-S-ion.
Why people write “occassion”
The misspelling “occassion” is only one letter off: it doubles the S, which occasion spells with just one.
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 occasion automatic.
What does “occasion” mean?
occasion noun
- an event that occurs at a critical time
“at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave”
Synonyms:juncture
- a vaguely specified social event
“the party was quite an affair”
- reason
“there was no occasion for complaint”
- the time of a particular event
“on the occasion of his 60th birthday”
occasion verb
- give occasion to
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Occasion” in a sentence
- We saved the wine for a special occasion.
- At such junctures he always had an impulse to leave.
- The party was quite an affair.
- There was no occasion for complaint.
Is “occasion” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“occassion” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from OCCASION.