Corridoor or corridor?
Did you mean corridor? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: corridor. Misspelling: corridoor.
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Memory tip
Double R, single D, and it ends in -or, not door: cor-ri-DOR.
Why people write “corridoor”
The misspelling “corridoor” is only one letter off: it doubles the O, which corridor 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 corridor automatic.
Other misspellings of “corridor”
People also write “coridor”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“coridor”
Correct spelling: corridor. Misspelling: coridor.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “coridor” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where corridor has a double RR.
What does “corridor” mean?
corridor noun
- an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Corridor” in a sentence
- Her office is at the end of the corridor.
Is “corridor” a playable word?
11 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“corridoor” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from CORRIDOR.