Tradgedy or tragedy?
Did you mean tragedy? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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tradgedy
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tragedy
Correct spelling: tragedy. Misspelling: tradgedy.
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 “tradgedy”
The misspelling “tradgedy” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, D.
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.
Other misspellings of “tragedy”
People also write “tradegy”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“tradegy”
Correct spelling: tragedy. Misspelling: tradegy.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“tradegy” has the right letters in the wrong places: the G and the D trade positions.
What does “tragedy” mean?
tragedy noun
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
“the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”
Synonyms:calamitycatastrophedisastercataclysm
- 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?
12 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“tradgedy” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TRAGEDY.