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How to spell occurrence

Occurrence is spelled O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E. The part people get wrong: double R.

What it means: An event that happens or takes place.

In a sentence: Seeing a rainbow is a rare occurrence! ▶

The part people get wrong

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

Same family: occurs, occurred, occurring, reoccurrence. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Occurrence” comes from the Latin verb “occurrere,” meaning “to run toward” or “to happen.” Its double c and double r reflect how the Latin form had both a prefix and a root that each started with the letter c (ob- + currere).

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