How to spell bachelor
bachelor
Bachelor is spelled B-A-C-H-E-L-O-R.
Not batchelor.
Why is bachelor easy to misspell?
The word bachelor has no T anywhere in it, and the misspelling batchelor adds one. The CH sounds the same as the TCH in batch, so the extra T is silent and easy to add.
That spelling matches the sound exactly, which is why it looked right. English keeps letters long after the sound has moved on, so the conventional spelling is often the one that looks least like it sounds.
What does bachelor mean?
noun. An unmarried man.
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