“He got his just desserts.”
Confusables Entry 405 / 1605 60-second read
Deserts vs. Desserts
Dry lands or what one deserves versus sweets.
The comparisoni
“He got his just deserts.”
The ruleii
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JUST DESERTS = what one deserves. DESSERTS = sweets.
DESERTS (singular one S, noun) means what one has earned — archaic but surviving in the idiom. DESSERTS (double S) is the sweet course.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Double S = Sweet. Single S = what you Should get.