Successfull or successful?
Did you mean successful? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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successfull
Correct
successful
Correct spelling: successful. Misspelling: successfull.
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 “successfull”
The misspelling “successfull” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which successful spells with just one.
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.
Other misspellings of “successful”
People also write “sucessful” and “succesful”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“sucessful”
Correct spelling: successful. Misspelling: sucessful.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “sucessful” is only one letter off: it uses a single C where successful has a double CC.
“succesful”
Correct spelling: successful. Misspelling: succesful.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “succesful” is only one letter off: it uses a single S where successful has a double SS.
What does “successful” mean?
successful adjective
- 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?
17 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“successfull” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SUCCESSFUL.