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Separatly or separately?

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

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separatly

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Correct spelling: separately. Misspelling: separatly.

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

Memory tip

Separate + ly: there's "a rat" in separate, and the E stays.

Why people write “separatly”

The misspelling “separatly” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.

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 separately automatic.

What does “separately” mean?

separately adverb

  1. apart from others

    “taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square”

    Synonyms:individuallysinglyseverally

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Separately” in a sentence

  • Wash the dark clothes separately.
  • Taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square.

Is “separately” a playable word?

s 1e 1p 3a 1r 1a 1t 1e 1l 1y 4

15 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends

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

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

Separately: quick answers

Is it separatly or separately?
The correct spelling is separately. “separatly” 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 separately?
Separate + ly: there's "a rat" in separate, and the E stays.
What does separately mean?
Separately means: apart from others.