Awfull or awful?
Did you mean awful? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: awful. Misspelling: awfull.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Full of awe, but it drops the E and the second L: aw + ful.
Why people write “awfull”
The misspelling “awfull” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which awful spells with just one.
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 awful automatic.
Other misspellings of “awful”
People also write “aweful”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“aweful”
Correct spelling: awful. Misspelling: aweful.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “aweful” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, E.
What does “awful” mean?
awful adjective
awful adverb
- used as intensifiers
“terribly interesting”
Synonyms:terriblyawfullyfrightfully
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Awful” in a sentence
- The weather was awful yesterday.
- Atrocious taste.
- The awful war.
- In a nasty mood.
Is “awful” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“awfull” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from AWFUL.