How do you spell Calamity?
Correct spelling
calamity
Remember the Latin root: caLAmity starts like caLAmus (stalk) - crop disasters begin there.
Why is calamity spelled this way?
From Latin calamitas, damage or disaster. Possibly related to CALAMUS (stalk) — a calamity may have originally described crop destruction, famine beginning in the fields.
Common misspellings of calamity
calamatycalametycalamity
Example
The earthquake was a terrible calamity that affected thousands of families.