occurrence

/əˈkɝːəns/

nounoc · cur · rence

Remember: it’s an ocCURRence—something that “occurs,” so keep the double C in oc- and the double R in -curr-.

Yes, it's occurrence. Watch the doubles: **oCCuRRence** has **cc** and **rr**, and it ends with **-ence** (not -ance).

Definitions

  1. nounsomething that happens; an event or incident
  2. nounthe fact or frequency of something happening or being found

Examples

  • “The power outage was a rare occurrence in our neighborhood.”
  • “Scientists recorded the occurrence of the same pattern in three separate experiments.”
  • “We discussed the occurrence of spelling errors and how to prevent them.”

Synonyms

eventincidenthappeningepisodeinstance

Antonyms

nonoccurrence

Translations

ES ocurrenciaPT ocorrênciaFR occurrence

Common misspellings

occurenceocurrenceoccuranceoccurranceocurrance

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