question for you wordy people

[Fleshdancer]

Dictionary.com tells me that the word "development" can also be spelled with an extra e: "developement".

Assuming they're not messing with my head, does anyone know why? I tried looking it up, but I couldn't find anything on it so now it's bugging me and I need to know the answer. Other online dictionaries don't spell it with the extra e though.

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[Shine]

1. I have NEVER spelled that word with an extra "e". It doesn't look right to me.

:hi:

[MrScorpio]

2. It's a vitamin supplement nt

[TrogL]

3. Regional dialect

It's the same issue as some places call the big thing you sit on in the living room a "sofa" instead of a "couch".

[kskiska]

16. …or maybe a davenport, or a divan…

or a settee…or a Chesterfield…

I like to tell people I was sitting on the davenport watching TV.

[ashling]

24. Those are different words

not inexplicable differences in spelling of the same word.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Hast thee a probleme with ye olde dictionarye?

[Richardo]

5. I say that's wrong.

I often type 'developement' with my Fred Flintstone-like dexterity, but that don't make it right.

[Redstone]

6. They're full of shit. Have you checked it against a REAL dictionary?

Redstone

[Fleshdancer]

9. that's what I think too n/t

[Redstone]

10. Because I'll bet you $100 that the people who started "dictionary.com" are NOT

"dictionary people" like the folks who work for, say, Webster's/

Redstone

[Bucky]

7. The fucking DLC is forcing us to spell it with that extra "e" cause their DINO sellouts!

Sorry, thought I was in GD:P there for a second

[Redstone]

11. You mean it's NOT the HILLBOTS or POPEBAMA?

Redstone

[Bucky]

20. POPEBAMA!!

That's a keeper!

[hisownpetard]

8. It's okaye if you want to use the extra 'e', but people wille thinke you're weirde.

[Redstone]

12. Excepte the people at Ye Olde Redde Barne Antiquee Shoppe.

Redstone

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. british spelling

[Redstone]

14. Are you sure about that? I read a LOT of books by British authors, and I've never seen it.

Redstone

[Fleshdancer]

17. I did read somewhere....

that there are many British words with an "e" that is dropped from the American spelling. I wonder how I could confirm if this is the case for developement/development.

I have no idea why I'm obsessed with figuring this out.

[sarge43]

18. Afraid not.

Just check the Oxford English Dictionary - no 'developement'. The original spelling boosted from the French circa 15th century was developpement.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. I was just going to say that perhaps French Canadian?

[sarge43]

21. Checked my French/English dictionary.

The current French spelling is still developpement. I would say dictionary.com made a wee error or typo.

[unpossibles]

15. the same reason "afeared" is in there

don't mean it ain't wrong. ;)

[gmoney]

22. same with "judgement" or "judgment"

I think preferred is without the first "e" but I've seen it both ways.

[trackfan]

23. Why do you hate America?

[ashling]

25. (all three)?