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Seperate or separate?

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

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seperate

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separate

Letter by letter
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Correct spelling: separate. Misspelling: seperate.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

There is "a rat" in separate: sep-A-RAT-e.

Why people write “seperate”

The misspelling “seperate” is only one letter off: it writes E where separate has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

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 separate automatic.

Other misspellings of “separate”

People also write “seprate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“seprate”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: separate. Misspelling: seprate.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “seprate” is only one letter off: it leaves out the A.

What does “separate” mean?

separate noun

  1. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

    Synonyms:offprintreprint

  2. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

separate verb

  1. act as a barrier between; stand between

    “The mountain range divides the two countries”

    Synonyms:divide

  2. force, take, or pull apart

    “He separated the fighting children”

    Synonyms:disunitedividepart

  3. mark as different

    “We distinguish several kinds of maple”

    Synonyms:distinguishdifferentiatesecernsecernateseveralize

  4. separate into parts or portions

    “divide the cake into three equal parts”

    Synonyms:dividesplitdissever

separate adjective

  1. independent; not united or joint

    “a problem consisting of two separate issues”

  2. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

    “a freestanding bell tower”

    Synonyms:freestanding

  3. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

    “separate but equal”

  4. have the connection undone; having become separate

    Synonyms:disjoined

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Separate” in a sentence

  • Keep the two groups separate.
  • The mountain range divides the two countries.
  • He separated the fighting children.
  • We distinguish several kinds of maple.

Is “separate” a playable word?

s 1e 1p 3a 1r 1a 1t 1e 1

10 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends

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

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

Separate: quick answers

Is it seperate or separate?
The correct spelling is separate. “seperate” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “seprate” is wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell separate?
There is "a rat" in separate: sep-A-RAT-e.
What does separate mean?
Separate means: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.