Spelling Entry 700 / 1011 60-second read

Tendancy vs. Tendency

-ENCY, not -ANCY.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

He has a tendancy to be late.

✓ Correct

He has a tendency to be late.

The ruleii

TENDENCY ends in -ENCY.

Many Latinate nouns end in -ENCY (tendency, agency, decency). Some end in -ANCY (vacancy, fancy).

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

-ENCY family.

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