Sustainance or sustenance?
Did you mean sustenance? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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sustainance
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sustenance
Correct spelling: sustenance. Misspelling: sustainance.
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Memory tip
Sustain changes to susten: sus-TEN-ance.
Why people write “sustainance”
“sustainance” differs from “sustenance” in 2 places: it adds an extra vowel, A; and it writes I where sustenance has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
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 sustenance automatic.
What does “sustenance” mean?
sustenance noun
- a source of materials to nourish the body
- the financial means whereby one lives
“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
Synonyms:supportkeeplivelihoodliving
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
“they were in want of sustenance”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Sustenance” in a sentence
- The soup was their only sustenance.
- Each child was expected to pay for their keep.
- They were in want of sustenance.
Is “sustenance” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“sustainance” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SUSTENANCE.