How to spell recede
recede
Recede is spelled R-E-C-E-D-E.
Not receed.
Why is recede easy to misspell?
The word recede ends -cede, and the misspelling receed gives it the -ceed of exceed. Among common words only exceed, proceed and succeed take -ceed, so recede stays with -cede.
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 recede mean?
verb. To go or move back or further away from a previous position.
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