Acquarium or aquarium?
Did you mean aquarium? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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acquarium
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aquarium
Correct spelling: aquarium. Misspelling: acquarium.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
No C: aqua (water) + rium. The aqua in aquarium is the same as in aquatic.
Why people write “acquarium”
The misspelling “acquarium” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, C.
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 aquarium automatic.
Other misspellings of “aquarium”
People also write “aquarim”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“aquarim”
Correct spelling: aquarium. Misspelling: aquarim.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “aquarim” is only one letter off: it leaves out the U.
What does “aquarium” mean?
aquarium noun
- a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Aquarium” in a sentence
- The aquarium has a tunnel through a shark tank.
Is “aquarium” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 22 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“acquarium” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AQUARIUM.