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Percieve or perceive?

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

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Correct spelling: perceive. Misspelling: percieve.

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

Memory tip

E before I after C: per-C-EI-ve.

Why people write “percieve”

The misspelling “percieve” is only one letter off: it writes IE instead of EI, the classic "i before e" trap.

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 perceive automatic.

What does “perceive” mean?

perceive verb

  1. to become aware of through the senses

    “I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon”

    Synonyms:comprehend

  2. become conscious of

    “She finally perceived the futility of her protest”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Perceive” in a sentence

  • How do others perceive you?
  • I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon.
  • She finally perceived the futility of her protest.

Is “perceive” a playable word?

p 3e 1r 1c 3e 1i 1v 4e 1

15 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends

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

Perceive: quick answers

Is it percieve or perceive?
The correct spelling is perceive. “percieve” 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 perceive?
E before I after C: per-C-EI-ve.
What does perceive mean?
Perceive means: to become aware of through the senses.