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Amunition or ammunition?

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

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amunition

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ammunition

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Correct spelling: ammunition. Misspelling: amunition.

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

Memory tip

Double M, then "uni": am-MUNI-tion, as in munitions.

Why people write “amunition”

The misspelling “amunition” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where ammunition has a double MM.

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 ammunition automatic.

What does “ammunition” mean?

ammunition noun

  1. projectiles to be fired from a gun

    Synonyms:ammo

  2. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
  3. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint

    “his admission provided ammunition for his critics”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Ammunition” in a sentence

  • The soldiers ran low on ammunition.
  • His admission provided ammunition for his critics.

Is “ammunition” a playable word?

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14 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

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

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

Ammunition: quick answers

Is it amunition or ammunition?
The correct spelling is ammunition. “amunition” 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 ammunition?
Double M, then "uni": am-MUNI-tion, as in munitions.
What does ammunition mean?
Ammunition means: projectiles to be fired from a gun.