Whoa. I just typed the following sentence:

The seventh cause of action for breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is dependent on the first cause of action for breach of contract, which is defective.

And then I paused. Isn’t it d-e-p-e-n-d-A-n-t? Or maybe it’s one of those affect/effect things where one version is a verb and the other is a noun. Maybe “dependent” is a verb, like when you’re dependent on someone. And dependant is a person, like a child. So I looked it up.

DependAnt does not exist!! Did you guys know that?! I’ve been misspelling this word my entire life?! I’m sure I’ve typed things like “I’m independant,” “she’s co-dependant,” all over this blog.

I am humbled.

**Addendum: What’s even weirder is that I looked up both “dependant” and “dependent” on my search fields on this blog, and apparently I’ve been using it correctly way more times than I’ve used it incorrectly, which is like once. So I KNEW about this spelling, but had somehow FORGOTTEN? What’s going on with my brain today?!