Reconnaisance or reconnaissance?
Did you mean reconnaissance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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reconnaissance
Correct spelling: reconnaissance. Misspelling: reconnaisance.
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Memory tip
Double N and double S: re-CON-NAIS-SANCE.
Why people write “reconnaisance”
The misspelling “reconnaisance” is only one letter off: it uses a single S where reconnaissance has a double SS.
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 reconnaissance automatic.
Other misspellings of “reconnaissance”
People also write “reconaissance”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“reconaissance”
Correct spelling: reconnaissance. Misspelling: reconaissance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “reconaissance” is only one letter off: it uses a single N where reconnaissance has a double NN.
What does “reconnaissance” mean?
reconnaissance noun
- the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
“an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission”
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Reconnaissance” in a sentence
- The pilots flew a reconnaissance mission.
- An exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission.
Is “reconnaissance” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“reconnaisance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from RECONNAISSANCE.