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Sacreligious or sacrilegious?

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Correct spelling: sacrilegious. Misspelling: sacreligious.

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Memory tip

It is not related to religious; it comes from sacrilege: sacri-LEG-ious.

Why people write “sacreligious”

“sacreligious” has the right letters in the wrong places: the I and the E trade positions.

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 sacrilegious automatic.

What does “sacrilegious” mean?

sacrilegious adjective

  1. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

    “blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath”

    Synonyms:blasphemousprofane

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Sacrilegious” in a sentence

  • Some viewers found the film sacrilegious.
  • Blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath.

Is “sacrilegious” a playable word?

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15 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

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

Sacrilegious: quick answers

Is it sacreligious or sacrilegious?
The correct spelling is sacrilegious. “sacreligious” 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 sacrilegious?
It is not related to religious; it comes from sacrilege: sacri-LEG-ious.
What does sacrilegious mean?
Sacrilegious means: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred.