How do you spell Placebo?
Correct spelling
placebo
Remember 'place' + 'bo' - it's placed to please, with 'ceb' not 'seb'
Why is placebo spelled this way?
From Latin placebo, I shall please. A treatment with no therapeutic effect given to please the patient. The 'ceb' middle section is sometimes misspelled 'seb'.
Common misspellings of placebo
placeboplasceboplaciboplecebo
Example
The patients in the control group received a placebo instead of the actual medication.