Choose the correct spelling: '[Independance / Independence / Independance] Day is in July.'

INDEPENDENCE is on the USCIS WRITING VOCABULARY list. Correct spelling: 'I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E.' This is a commonly misspelled word. Pay attention: ends in '-ENCE' (not '-ANCE'). Pattern: in-de-pen-DENCE. Many English words end in -ence vs -ance — there's no perfect rule, but INDEPENDENCE is -ence. Other -ence words: difference, experience, presence, reference, conscience, evidence, intelligence, sentence. -ance words: assistance, importance, distance, balance. Common dictation sentence: 'Independence Day is in July.' Other forms of 'independent/independence': INDEPENDENT (the adjective form, also -ent); INDEPENDENCE (the noun form, -ence). Both have the 'e' pattern in the middle and at the end. Capitalize INDEPENDENCE DAY (both words) as a holiday name. The U.S. Independence Day is celebrated on JULY 4 each year, commemorating the adoption of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence formally declared the thirteen American colonies' separation from Great Britain. Note: 'Independence' is part of multiple key phrases: INDEPENDENCE DAY (the holiday); DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (the founding document). The writing vocabulary includes both these phrases.