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Quarrantine or quarantine?

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

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Correct spelling: quarantine. Misspelling: quarrantine.

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Memory tip

Quar + an + tine, from Italian quaranta (forty days).

Why people write “quarrantine”

The misspelling “quarrantine” is only one letter off: it doubles the R, which quarantine spells with just one.

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 quarantine automatic.

What does “quarantine” mean?

quarantine noun

  1. enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
  2. isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

quarantine verb

  1. place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons

    “My dog was quarantined before he could live in England”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Quarantine” in a sentence

  • The ship was held in quarantine.
  • My dog was quarantined before he could live in England.

Is “quarantine” a playable word?

q 10u 1a 1r 1a 1n 1t 1i 1n 1e 1

19 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
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“quarrantine” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from QUARANTINE.

Quarantine: quick answers

Is it quarrantine or quarantine?
The correct spelling is quarantine. “quarrantine” 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 quarantine?
Quar + an + tine, from Italian quaranta (forty days).
What does quarantine mean?
Quarantine means: enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease.