Temporery or temporary?
Did you mean temporary? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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temporery
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temporary
Correct spelling: temporary. Misspelling: temporery.
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Memory tip
Tempor (time) + ary: the ending is -ary, like contemporary.
Why people write “temporery”
The endings -ary and -ery often sound alike; this word takes -ary.
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 temporary automatic.
Other misspellings of “temporary”
People also write “temporay”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“temporay”
Correct spelling: temporary. Misspelling: temporay.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “temporay” is only one letter off: it leaves out the R.
What does “temporary” mean?
temporary noun
- a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Synonyms:temp
temporary adjective
- not permanent; not lasting
“politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber”
Synonyms:impermanent
- lacking continuity or regularity
“an irregular worker”
Synonyms:irregular
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Temporary” in a sentence
- This is only a temporary solution.
- Politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber.
- An irregular worker.
Is “temporary” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“temporery” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TEMPORARY.