Califlower or cauliflower?
Did you mean cauliflower? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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califlower
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cauliflower
Correct spelling: cauliflower. Misspelling: califlower.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Cauli + flower: there's a U after the A, and it ends in flower, not flour.
Why people write “califlower”
The misspelling “califlower” 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 cauliflower automatic.
Other misspellings of “cauliflower”
People also write “cauliflour”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“cauliflour”
Correct spelling: cauliflower. Misspelling: cauliflour.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“cauliflour” differs from “cauliflower” in 2 places: it leaves out the W; and it writes U where cauliflower has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
What does “cauliflower” mean?
cauliflower noun
- a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
Synonyms:
- compact head of white undeveloped flowers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Cauliflower” in a sentence
- Roast the cauliflower with garlic.
Is “cauliflower” a playable word?
19 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“califlower” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CAULIFLOWER.