Surveilance or surveillance?
Did you mean surveillance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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surveilance
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surveillance
Correct spelling: surveillance. Misspelling: surveilance.
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Memory tip
Double L before the -ance: sur-VEIL-LANCE. Think of a "veil" of watching.
Why people write “surveilance”
The misspelling “surveilance” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where surveillance has a double LL.
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 surveillance automatic.
Other misspellings of “surveillance”
People also write “survellance”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“survellance”
Correct spelling: surveillance. Misspelling: survellance.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “survellance” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.
What does “surveillance” mean?
surveillance noun
- close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Surveillance” in a sentence
- The building is under constant surveillance.
Is “surveillance” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“surveilance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SURVEILLANCE.