Athsma or asthma?
Did you mean asthma? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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athsma
Correct
asthma
Correct spelling: asthma. Misspelling: athsma.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
The TH comes before the M, and the H is silent: AS-TH-ma.
Why people write “athsma”
“athsma” has all the right letters, but the S is in the wrong place.
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 asthma automatic.
What does “asthma” mean?
asthma noun
- respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Synonyms:
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Asthma” in a sentence
- Her asthma gets worse in cold weather.
Is “asthma” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“athsma” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ASTHMA.