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Baby-sitter vs Babysitter

Both "baby-sitter" and "babysitter" are correct, but "babysitter" is the more commonly used and accepted spelling in modern English. The hyphenated form, "baby-sitter," is considered outdated and less preferred.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 900 views

Baby-sitter

This is a correct spelling but considered outdated and less preferred in modern English.

This term refers to a person who looks after a child or children while the parents are away. It is less commonly used compared to the unhyphenated form.
  • You read a lot of Baby-sitter's Clu books.
  • Chaperone, steward, baby-sitter, whichever term tickles you fancy most, brother.
  • We've just seen the baby-sitter, ma'am.
  • He was having an affair... with our baby-sitter.
  • But I'm looking for a baby-sitter For my three-year-old son, and I think I wrote down her number next to yours.
  • You know, I didn't remember the baby-sitter Having an English accent, but then I thought, great.
  • That's £30 plus baby-sitter money in the trash.
  • The hotel arranges a baby-sitter when you need one.
  • I'm a hybrid and you need a baby-sitter.
  • So you're basically a baby-sitter.
  • And the son of Ben's niece's baby-sitter.
  • The baby-sitter should be here any minute now.
  • It's not the baby-sitter, dear.
  • I left her with a baby-sitter.
  • You're my favorite baby-sitter, Daria.
  • He can't get a baby-sitter.
  • I'm old enough to be a baby-sitter.
  • Probably because it was cheaper than a baby-sitter.
  • Now I have to be mortified in front of the baby-sitter.
  • A Bayland Park man was indicted on charges he killed an 18-year-old baby-sitter.

Alternatives:

  • babysitter

Babysitter

This is the more commonly used and accepted spelling in modern English.

This term refers to a person who looks after a child or children while the parents are away. It is the preferred spelling in contemporary usage.
  • Babysitter's not feeling very well. Boom.
  • Babysitter's trying to get ahold of them.
  • Luke Skywalker solved our babysitter problem?
  • They're your babysitter, teacher, next-door neighbor.
  • My mother got a babysitter which is responsible for Lucie.
  • And A Babysitter Who's Going To Kill Me.
  • Babysitter's mom called it in.
  • I... I liked 'Bad Babysitter'.
  • Babysitter called the police, and Stephanie's car was left in the parking lot like the others.
  • And You Had The Babysitter Track Us Down At The Restaurants, At Movies.
  • Our babysitter just pounded another chardonnay.
  • And please, send your babysitter away.
  • Cleaning lady and babysitter are one.
  • He needs ritalin and a babysitter.
  • I'm a surgeon, not a babysitter.
  • My babysitter's father, dead.
  • But I'm a little old for a babysitter.
  • She's dropping Marcus off at the babysitter, hon.
  • I got a pretty babysitter for 'em.
  • No, she's like a certified, professional, five-star babysitter.

Alternatives:

  • baby-sitter

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