Perseverence or perseverance?
Did you mean perseverance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: perseverance. Misspelling: perseverence.
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Memory tip
Persevere + ance: no R after the first E, and the ending is -ance.
Why people write “perseverence”
The endings -ance and -ence sound identical in speech; this word takes -ance.
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 perseverance automatic.
Other misspellings of “perseverance”
People also write “perserverance”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“perserverance”
Correct spelling: perseverance. Misspelling: perserverance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “perserverance” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, R.
What does “perseverance” mean?
perseverance noun
- persistent determination
Synonyms:doggednesspersistencepersistencytenacitytenaciousness
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
“his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate”
Synonyms:persistenceperseveration
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Perseverance” in a sentence
- Success takes perseverance.
- His perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate.
Is “perseverance” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“perseverence” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PERSEVERANCE.