How to spell occasion

Double letters

The spelling occasion has two Cs and one S, and occassion doubles the S as well. Having doubled once, the hand tends to double again, and this word stops at one pair.

Not every consonant doubles. A double is there for a reason: often an added ending, sometimes the word's history. Where neither applies, the letter stays single.

noun. a particular event or the time of it

• accommodate
• address
• aggressive
• broccoli
• committee
• embarrass
• harass
• inoculate
• millennium
• necessary