Here’s a quick tip for remembering how to spell “desert” and “dessert.”
The second “S” in dessert is for sugar.
I always had to double-check the spellings of these words when I encountered them, but ever since I came across this nifty reminder, I haven’t forgotten it.
If you look up “desert” in Merriam-Webster, it actually has several entries, but “dessert” has only one (aside from a British variant).
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Timothy