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Succesful or successful?

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

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succesful

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Correct spelling: successful. Misspelling: succesful.

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

Memory tip

Success + ful: the suffix -ful has one L.

Why people write “succesful”

The misspelling “succesful” is only one letter off: it uses a single S where successful has a double SS.

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 successful automatic.

What does “successful” mean?

successful adjective

  1. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

    “a successful architect”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Successful” in a sentence

  • The launch was successful.
  • A successful architect.

Is “successful” a playable word?

s 1u 1c 3c 3e 1s 1s 1f 4u 1l 1

17 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends

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

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

Successful: quick answers

Is it succesful or successful?
The correct spelling is successful. “succesful” 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 successful?
Success + ful: the suffix -ful has one L.
What does successful mean?
Successful means: having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome.