Occurence or occurrence?
Did you mean occurrence? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: occurrence. Misspelling: occurence.
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Memory tip
Double C, double R and the ending -ence.
Why people write “occurence”
The misspelling “occurence” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where occurrence 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 occurrence automatic.
Other misspellings of “occurrence”
People also write “occurance” and “occurrance”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“occurance”
Correct spelling: occurrence. Misspelling: occurance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“occurance” differs from “occurrence” in 2 places: it uses a single R where occurrence has a double RR; and it writes A where occurrence has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
“occurrance”
Correct spelling: occurrence. Misspelling: occurrance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The endings -ence and -ance sound identical in speech; this word takes -ence.
What does “occurrence” mean?
occurrence noun
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Occurrence” in a sentence
- Such storms are a rare occurrence.
- A disease of frequent occurrence.
Is “occurrence” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“occurence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from OCCURRENCE.