Diarhea or diarrhea?
Did you mean diarrhea? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
diarhea
Correct
diarrhea
Correct spelling: diarrhea. Misspelling: diarhea.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double R and an H: dia-RRH-ea. Hard to spell, easy to remember once you know the RRH.
Why people write “diarhea”
The misspelling “diarhea” is only one letter off: it uses a single R where diarrhea has a double RR.
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 diarrhea automatic.
Other misspellings of “diarrhea”
People also write “diarrea”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“diarrea”
Correct spelling: diarrhea. Misspelling: diarrea.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “diarrea” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent H, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
What does “diarrhea” mean?
diarrhea noun
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Diarrhea” in a sentence
- Drink plenty of water if you have diarrhea.
Is “diarrhea” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“diarhea” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DIARRHEA.