Autumm or autumn?
Did you mean autumn? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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autumm
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autumn
Correct spelling: autumn. Misspelling: autumm.
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Memory tip
Autumn has a silent N at the end, which you hear in autumnal.
Why people write “autumm”
The misspelling “autumm” is only one letter off: it uses M in place of N; the two letters can sound alike here.
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.
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
“autumm” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AUTUMN.