Collumn or column?
Did you mean column? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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collumn
Correct
column
Correct spelling: column. Misspelling: collumn.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
It ends with a silent N, like autumn and solemn.
Why people write “collumn”
The misspelling “collumn” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which column 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 column automatic.
What does “column” mean?
column noun
- a line of units following one after another
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
Synonyms:
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
“he added a column of numbers”
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
“the test tube held a column of white powder”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Column” in a sentence
- Add up the numbers in each column.
- He added a column of numbers.
- The test tube held a column of white powder.
Is “column” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“collumn” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COLUMN.