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How to spell accurate

Accurate is spelled A-C-C-U-R-A-T-E. The part people get wrong: double C.

What it means: Correct and precise in details or measurements.

In a sentence: An accurate clock tells the right time. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double c, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: accuracy, accurately, inaccurate, inaccuracy, precise. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Accurate” comes from the Latin word *accuratus*, meaning “done with care,” from *ad-* (“to”) and *cura* (“care”). So being accurate originally meant doing something with careful attention.

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