Vehicel or vehicle?
Did you mean vehicle? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
vehicel
Correct
vehicle
Correct spelling: vehicle. Misspelling: vehicel.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
There is a silent H, and the word ends in -icle: ve-H-icle.
Why people write “vehicel”
The misspelling “vehicel” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of L and E.
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 vehicle automatic.
What does “vehicle” mean?
vehicle noun
- a conveyance that transports people or objects
- a medium for the expression or achievement of something
“his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views”
- any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it
- any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
Synonyms:fomite
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Vehicle” in a sentence
- Park your vehicle in the garage.
- His editorials provided a vehicle for his political views.
Is “vehicle” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“vehicel” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from VEHICLE.