An error for many years: Supercede vs. supersede

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An error for many years: Supercede vs. supersede

Some errors just keep sticking around. Supercede is one of them.

Supersede is the correct spelling. The verb �� meaning to replace or substitute �� comes from a French word, which came from a Latin word, and both of those languages also spelled it with an s.

As with modern English, some French and Latin writers of the past misspelled it with a c! In English, several other words end in ��cede rather than ��sede, so at least modern writers have an excuse for making the mistake.

Because the error has been so pervasive for so long, a few dictionaries now list supercede as acceptable. To be strictly in the right, through, use an s.

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