Autum or autumn?
Did you mean autumn? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: autumn. Misspelling: autum.
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Memory tip
Autumn has a silent N at the end, which you hear in autumnal.
Why people write “autum”
The misspelling “autum” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent N, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
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 autumn automatic.
Other misspellings of “autumn”
People also write “autumm”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“autumm”
Correct spelling: autumn. Misspelling: autumm.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “autumm” is only one letter off: it uses M in place of N; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “autumn” mean?
autumn noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
“in the fall of 1973”
Synonyms:fall
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Autumn” in a sentence
- The leaves turn red in autumn.
- In the fall of 1973.
Is “autumn” a playable word?
8 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“autum” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AUTUMN.