How to spell attendance
attendance
Attendance is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E.
Not attendence.
Why is attendance easy to misspell?
The word attendance ends -ance, and attendence spells that ending by ear. Its relative attendant keeps the same A, and the -ant word is the one to check against.
-ance and -ence flatten to the same sound in an unstressed syllable, so the ear cannot settle it. A relative often can: -ant goes with -ance and -ent with -ence (important, importance).
attend + ance
What does attendance mean?
noun. The action of being present at a place or event.
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