Beatiful or beautiful?
Did you mean beautiful? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
beatiful
Correct
beautiful
Correct spelling: beautiful. Misspelling: beatiful.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Remember "Big Elephants Are Useful": B-E-A-U.
Why people write “beatiful”
The misspelling “beatiful” is only one letter off: it leaves out the U.
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 beautiful automatic.
What does “beautiful” mean?
beautiful adjective
- delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
“a beautiful child”
- (of weather) highly enjoyable
“what a beautiful day”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Beautiful” in a sentence
- What a beautiful view!
- A beautiful child.
- What a beautiful day.
Is “beautiful” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“beatiful” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BEAUTIFUL.