How to spell: cemetery
cematery, cemetary or cemetery?
Cemetery is a tricky word to spell but as soon as you learn a memory trick , or see all those e's you'll remember the spelling.
See the vowels: See all the e’s: cemetery
Use a memory trick: A cemetery is eerie with lots of greenery not evil.
Use syllable breakdown: "ce / me / te / ry"
Plural spelling rule: change the -y to -ies: cemetery → cemeteries (4 e's)
Photo of Haworth Parsonage Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK (Bronte Sisters lived in the Parsonage)
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