How to spell intercede
intercede
Intercede is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-E-D-E.
Not interceed.
Why is intercede easy to misspell?
The word intercede ends -cede, and the misspelling interceed gives it the -ceed of proceed. It takes the ending most of the family takes, like precede and concede.
This is one of the few endings English settles outright. Only exceed, proceed and succeed take -ceed, and only supersede takes -sede; everything else is -cede.
What does intercede mean?
verb. To intervene on behalf of another, especially by pleading.
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