Suround or surround?
Did you mean surround? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: surround. Misspelling: suround.
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Memory tip
Double R: su-RR-ound.
Why people write “suround”
The misspelling “suround” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where surround has a double RR.
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 surround automatic.
What does “surround” mean?
surround noun
- the area in which something exists or lives
“the country--the flat agricultural surround”
Synonyms:environmentenvironssurroundings
surround verb
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
“The forest surrounds my property”
- envelop completely
“smother the meat in gravy”
Synonyms:smother
- surround so as to force to give up
“The Turks besieged Vienna”
Synonyms:besiegebeleaguercircumvent
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Surround” in a sentence
- Trees surround the house.
- The country--the flat agricultural surround.
- The forest surrounds my property.
- Smother the meat in gravy.
Is “surround” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“suround” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SURROUND.