Unconcious or unconscious?
Did you mean unconscious? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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unconcious
Correct
unconscious
Correct spelling: unconscious. Misspelling: unconcious.
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Memory tip
Un + conscious: keep the SC of science.
Why people write “unconcious”
The misspelling “unconcious” is only one letter off: it leaves out the S.
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 unconscious automatic.
Other misspellings of “unconscious”
People also write “unconsious”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“unconsious”
Correct spelling: unconscious. Misspelling: unconsious.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “unconsious” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
What does “unconscious” mean?
unconscious noun
- that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
Synonyms:
unconscious adjective
- not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
“lay unconscious on the floor”
- without conscious volition
- (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
“happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Unconscious” in a sentence
- He was unconscious for a few minutes.
- Lay unconscious on the floor.
- Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens.
Is “unconscious” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“unconcious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from UNCONSCIOUS.