Identify the correct spelling of the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given…
2025
Identify the correct spelling of the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
Tens of thousands of people die every year after the arorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body suddenly ruptures.
- A.
carying
- B.
rupturs
- C.
aorta
- D.
aretery
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Correct answer: C
A spot-the-misspelt-word item tests whether a word matches its single fixed dictionary spelling. A word is misspelled the moment its letters deviate from that sequence — a doubled letter reduced to one, a vowel dropped before a suffix, or an extra letter inserted into the root — even when every other word around it is written correctly.
“carrying” is spelled with a doubled r before -ying (c-a-r-r-y-i-n-g); the sentence renders it exactly this way, so this word is written correctly.
“artery” is spelled a-r-t-e-r-y, six letters with no repeated or extra letter; the sentence renders it exactly this way, so this word is written correctly.
The name of the body’s main blood vessel is rendered in the sentence with an extra r immediately after the initial a (a-r-o-r-t-a). The fixed dictionary spelling of this anatomical term has only one r: a-o-r-t-a.
“ruptures” is spelled r-u-p-t-u-r-e-s, keeping the e before the final s; the sentence renders it exactly this way, so this word is written correctly.
Checking each offered word against the same rule: dropping a letter from “carrying”, dropping a letter from “ruptures”, or inserting an extra letter into “artery” does not match how the sentence actually writes those words, so none of those three is the word being asked for.
The sentence’s only deviation from fixed dictionary spelling is the extra r in “arorta”; its correct form, “aorta,” is the answer.