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Spell Bee Word: Deformity


Basic Details

Word: Deformity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A part of the body, or of a thing, that has not grown or formed in the usual shape.

Synonyms: malformation, abnormality, disfigurement

How to Spell Deformity

Syllables: de - for - mi - ty

Tricky part: The ending is ity, not aty or ety. Form stays whole in the middle with a single m.

Watch out for: deformaty, deformety, diformity

Memory tip: Deform + ity: the word form sits whole inside, and ity follows as in conformity and majority.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The doctor corrected the deformity in the child's foot with a small operation.

Example 2: Polio vaccines have made such deformities rare in India.

Example 3: The tree had a deformity in its trunk where a branch had been cut long ago.

Fun Fact

India was certified free of polio by the World Health Organization in 2014; years of vaccination drives had spared many children the limb deformities polio can cause.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Only one of these words takes the suffix -ity to make a real word. Choose it:

-ity

a) transform
b) perform
c) deform
d) inform

Show answer

c) deform. All four share form, but only deform takes ity; performity, informity and transformity are not words.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:

The vet said the tfiyrdmoe in the puppy's paw could be corrected.

a) uniformity
b) formality
c) conformity
d) deformity

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d) deformity. Only deformity has a d, so conformity, formality and uniformity are ruled out.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

deformmity

a) r
b) m
c) o
d) i

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b) m. Form has only one m, and deformity keeps it that way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doctors often correct a deformity with ____.

a) sunshine
b) homework
c) music
d) surgery

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d) surgery

2. To deform something is to ____.

a) spoil its shape
b) paint it
c) clean it
d) weigh it

Show answer

a) spoil its shape

Associated Words

applicantmathematicswhitewashsignaturedeserted
qualifyprecipicebedriddenuneducatedremunerate

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