Occured or occurred?
Did you mean occurred? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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occured
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occurred
Correct spelling: occurred. Misspelling: occured.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double C and double R: occur + r + ed, because the stress is on -CUR.
Why people write “occured”
The misspelling “occured” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where occurred has a double RR.
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 occurred automatic.
Other misspellings of “occurred”
People also write “ocurred”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“ocurred”
Correct spelling: occurred. Misspelling: ocurred.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “ocurred” is only one letter off: it uses a single C where occurred has a double CC.
What does “occurred” mean?
occurred verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Occurred” in a sentence
- The error occurred twice.
- What is happening?.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary.
- Sexism occurs in many workplaces.
Is “occurred” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“occured” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from OCCURRED.