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independant

Incorrect spelling, explanation: spelling this word with ant at the end is incorrect since the core word depend is spelled with e not a. Origins of the word are back in Latin (pendere). Thus independant is a mistaken spelling and the correct one is independent (prefix -in with adjective dependent).

independent

Correct spelling, explanation: to understand this form we have to go back to its root – depend, which in late Middle English was spelled dependen and its Latin origin is prefixed de- and word pendere meaning to hang. Both of these origin words are spelled with two e’s, and not with a at the end. Therefore independent is the correct spelling, and independant is the wrong form.

Definition of independent:adjective, not dependent; not controlled by others; acting by itselfPoland became independent in 1918.I think you should be more independent and move out from your parents.

independient

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indepent

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indipendent

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indpendent

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indepedent

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