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Colum or column?

Did you mean column? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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colum

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column

Letter by letter
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Correct spelling: column. Misspelling: colum.

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 “colum”

The misspelling “colum” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent N, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.

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.

Other misspellings of “column”

People also write “collumn” and “coloumn”. Here is where each one goes wrong.

“collumn”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: column. Misspelling: collumn.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “collumn” is only one letter off: it doubles the L, which column spells with just one.

“coloumn”

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: column. Misspelling: coloumn.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

The misspelling “coloumn” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, O.

What does “column” mean?

column noun

  1. a line of units following one after another
  2. 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:

  3. a vertical array of numbers or other information

    “he added a column of numbers”

  4. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

    “the test tube held a column of white powder”

    Synonyms:towerpillar

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?

c 3o 1l 1u 1m 3n 1

10 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“colum” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from COLUMN.

Column: quick answers

Is it colum or column?
The correct spelling is column. “colum” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists. “collumn” and “coloumn” are wrong too.
How can I remember how to spell column?
It ends with a silent N, like autumn and solemn.
What does column mean?
Column means: a line of units following one after another.