Binnoculars or binoculars?
Did you mean binoculars? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: binoculars. Misspelling: binnoculars.
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Memory tip
Bi (two) + ocular (eye): one N, and the ending is -ars.
Why people write “binnoculars”
The misspelling “binnoculars” is only one letter off: it doubles the N, which binoculars 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 binoculars automatic.
Other misspellings of “binoculars”
People also write “binoculers”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“binoculers”
Correct spelling: binoculars. Misspelling: binoculers.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “binoculers” is only one letter off: it writes E where binoculars has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “binoculars” mean?
binoculars noun
- (plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
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Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Binoculars” in a sentence
- Bring binoculars for bird-watching.
Is “binoculars” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“binnoculars” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BINOCULARS.