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Survellance or surveillance?

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

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survellance

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Correct spelling: surveillance. Misspelling: survellance.

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

Memory tip

Double L before the -ance: sur-VEIL-LANCE. Think of a "veil" of watching.

Why people write “survellance”

The misspelling “survellance” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.

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.

What does “surveillance” mean?

surveillance noun

  1. 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?

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17 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends

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

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

Surveillance: quick answers

Is it survellance or surveillance?
The correct spelling is surveillance. “survellance” 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 surveillance?
Double L before the -ance: sur-VEIL-LANCE. Think of a "veil" of watching.
What does surveillance mean?
Surveillance means: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police).