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How to spell commences

Commences is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-C-E-S.

hear itcom·men·ces/kə'mɛnsɪz/verbHidden vowels

What it means: Begins or starts happening.

In a sentence: The school talent show commences as soon as the bell rings today.

The part people get wrong

Double m near the start and soft c before -es.

Same family: commence, commencement, commenced, commencing. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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