Five Hard Words Play today

Tier two of five

How to spell procedure

What it means

an established way of acting

How it sounds

/prəˈsidʒər/

Why it catches people out

One e in the middle, not two. Proceed has two; this does not.

The spellings people reach for

In a sentence

The procedure took only minutes.

First appeared in

Puzzle #77 — October 9, 2026