controversy

The Correct spelling is: controversy

Common misspellings of the word controversy are:

contraversy
controvercy
controversey
controvery

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How do you spell controversy?. It is not contraversy or controvercy or controversey or even controvery for that matter!

n., pl. -sies.

A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views. See synonyms at argument.
The act or practice of engaging in such disputes: writers skilled at controversy.

[Middle English controversie, from Latin contrÅversia, from contrÅversus, disputed : contrÅ- (variant of contrÄ, contra-) + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn.]