The Correct Way of Spelling Excellent

One of the most challenging topics for students learning English has to be pronunciation. It is difficult because English pronunciation is inconsistent.

Definition of Excellent

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Excellent refers to an adjective that has the meaning of having exceptional quality or superior merit; outstanding.

The word comes from the Latin infinitive verb excellere. Excellent is the present participle form of the word, which English directly borrowed.

Let’s take a look at some examples of the word excellent used in sentences:

Thank you so much for inviting me; your mother is an excellent cook!
I didn’t have much hope for the sequel, but it was excellent!
Even though it’s secondhand, the truck was in excellent condition!
That book is an excellent choice for your kid!
She is an excellent role model for young women all over the world!

And so on and so forth.

Now that we know the meaning and the origin of the word, we will move on to the correct spelling of the word excellent.

How Do You Spell Excellent?

The most common misspelling of the word is when people one “L” instead of two. So they spell it like this: “excelent.”

However, this isn’t the right way to spell it. You should use two “L”s. So the correct spelling should be: excellent

The phonetic transcription of the word is Ek-suh-luhnt.

To Wrap Up

The definition of excellent is to be of the highest quality or excellence, and it means very good. There are a lot of different spellings for excellent including the exact spellings of excel, excell, and excellently.

Whatever you choose, you should use the correct spelling so that it doesn’t cause confusion.