How to spell guidance
guidance
Guidance is spelled G-U-I-D-A-N-C-E.
Not guidence.
Why is guidance easy to misspell?
The word guidance ends -ance, and guidence gives it the ending of evidence. Evidence has evident to settle its E, but there is no guidant, and the verb guide gives no hint, so the A is learned with the word.
-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).
guide + ance · guide drops its e before -ance
French spelling: silent u after g before e or i
What does guidance mean?
noun. Advice or information aimed at resolving a problem or difficulty, especially as given by an authority.
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