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Remembrence or remembrance?

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

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Correct spelling: remembrance. Misspelling: remembrence.

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Memory tip

Remember drops its second E: re-MEM-BRANCE.

Why people write “remembrence”

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 remembrance automatic.

What does “remembrance” mean?

remembrance noun

  1. the ability to recall past occurrences

    Synonyms:recollectionanamnesis

  2. a recognition of meritorious service

    Synonyms:memorialcommemoration

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Remembrance” in a sentence

  • They held a minute's silence in remembrance.

Is “remembrance” a playable word?

r 1e 1m 3e 1m 3b 3r 1a 1n 1c 3e 1

19 points in Scrabble · 24 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Remembrance: quick answers

Is it remembrence or remembrance?
The correct spelling is remembrance. “remembrence” 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 remembrance?
Remember drops its second E: re-MEM-BRANCE.
What does remembrance mean?
Remembrance means: the ability to recall past occurrences.