Perservere or persevere?
Did you mean persevere? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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perservere
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persevere
Correct spelling: persevere. Misspelling: perservere.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
There's no R before the S: per-SE-vere. Think "per severe".
Why people write “perservere”
The misspelling “perservere” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, R.
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 persevere automatic.
Other misspellings of “persevere”
People also write “persevear”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“persevear”
Correct spelling: persevere. Misspelling: persevear.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“persevear” differs from “persevere” in 2 places: it uses A in place of R; and it uses R in place of E.
What does “persevere” mean?
persevere verb
- be persistent, refuse to stop
“he persisted to call me every night”
Synonyms:persist
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Persevere” in a sentence
- If you persevere, you'll get there.
- He persisted to call me every night.
Is “persevere” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“perservere” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from PERSEVERE.