Spelling Entry 714 / 1011 60-second read

Mischievious vs. Mischievous

Three syllables, not four.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

A mischievious child.

✓ Correct

A mischievous child.

The ruleii

MIS-CHIE-VOUS (3 syllables).

No extra I. Misspelling inserts one for a four-syllable pronunciation, but the correct form is three syllables.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

No I before -OUS.

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