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Alcahol or alcohol?

Did you mean alcohol? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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alcahol

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alcohol

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Correct spelling: alcohol. Misspelling: alcahol.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

There's only one H, and it comes after the CO: al-co-HOL.

Why people write “alcahol”

The misspelling “alcahol” is only one letter off: it writes A where alcohol has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make alcohol automatic.

What does “alcohol” mean?

alcohol noun

  1. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

    “alcohol (or drink) ruined him”

    Synonyms:intoxicantinebriant

  2. any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Alcohol” in a sentence

  • This drink contains no alcohol.
  • Alcohol (or drink) ruined him.

Is “alcohol” a playable word?

a 1l 1c 3o 1h 4o 1l 1

12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“alcahol” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ALCOHOL.

Alcohol: quick answers

Is it alcahol or alcohol?
The correct spelling is alcohol. “alcahol” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell alcohol?
There's only one H, and it comes after the CO: al-co-HOL.
What does alcohol mean?
Alcohol means: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.