How do you spell Inoculation?
Correct spelling
inoculation
Remember OCULUS (eye): one C, one L. IN-OCUL-ATION avoids double letters.
Why is inoculation spelled this way?
From Latin inoculare, to graft. IN (into) + OCULUS (eye or bud). Inoculation was originally a gardening term — grafting a bud into a plant. Medicine borrowed the metaphor for introducing a weakened pathogen.
Common misspellings of inoculation
innoculationinocualtioninoculatoninocculation
Example
The doctor recommended getting a flu inoculation before the winter season began.