Separate-Seperate | Commonly Confused Words

Separate

/ˈsepərət/

To divide into parts or to keep apart

Each compartment was separated by only a sliding door."Okay, enough," said Friar Lawrence, separating the two.I was I, a separate entity, a world.

To divide something into parts or move apart.

Separate is the correct spelling; remember that both as are separated by the r and t.
Think of a rat when you spell separate to remind yourself its spelled with a-r-a-t'.
Seperate is a common misspelling with an e instead of the second a.
If you separate—divide the word—after a r, you see the correct spelling a-r-a-t.
Remember: Separate is spelled the way you separate the sounds a-r-a-t.