Tier two of five
How to spell extraordinary
What it means
far beyond the usual
How it sounds
/ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri/
Why it catches people out
Extra plus ordinary, joined whole. The a and the o both survive.
The spellings people reach for
- extrordinary
- extraordinery
- extradordinary
In a sentence
The result was extraordinary by any measure.