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Tradegy or tragedy?

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

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tradegy

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tragedy

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Correct spelling: tragedy. Misspelling: tradegy.

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

Memory tip

There is no D before the G: tra-GEDY.

Why people write “tradegy”

“tradegy” has the right letters in the wrong places: the G and the D trade positions.

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 tragedy automatic.

What does “tragedy” mean?

tragedy noun

  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

    “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”

    Synonyms:calamitycatastrophedisastercataclysm

  2. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Tragedy” in a sentence

  • The story ends in tragedy.
  • The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity.

Is “tragedy” a playable word?

t 1r 1a 1g 2e 1d 2y 4

12 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends

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

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

Tragedy: quick answers

Is it tradegy or tragedy?
The correct spelling is tragedy. “tradegy” 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 tragedy?
There is no D before the G: tra-GEDY.
What does tragedy mean?
Tragedy means: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.