Sentance or sentence?
Did you mean sentence? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: sentence. Misspelling: sentance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
The only vowel is E, three times: s-E-nt-E-nc-E.
Why people write “sentance”
The endings -ence and -ance sound identical in speech; this word takes -ence.
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 sentence automatic.
Other misspellings of “sentence”
People also write “sentense”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“sentense”
Correct spelling: sentence. Misspelling: sentense.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “sentense” is only one letter off: it uses S in place of C; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “sentence” mean?
sentence noun
- a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
“he always spoke in grammatical sentences”
- (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
“the conviction came as no surprise”
Synonyms:convictioncondemnation
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
“he served a prison term of 15 months”
Synonyms:time
sentence verb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Sentence” in a sentence
- Write a sentence using this word.
- He always spoke in grammatical sentences.
- The conviction came as no surprise.
- He served a prison term of 15 months.
Is “sentence” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“sentance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SENTENCE.