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Seprate or separate?

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

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seprate

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Correct spelling: separate. Misspelling: seprate.

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 “seprate”

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

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.

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?

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10 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends

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

Separate: quick answers

Is it seprate or separate?
The correct spelling is separate. “seprate” 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 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.