Dinasour or dinosaur?
Did you mean dinosaur? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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dinasour
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dinosaur
Correct spelling: dinosaur. Misspelling: dinasour.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Dino (terrible) + saur (lizard): -saur is the same ending as in thesaurus.
Why people write “dinasour”
“dinasour” has the right letters in the wrong places: the O and the A trade positions.
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 dinosaur automatic.
Other misspellings of “dinosaur”
People also write “dinosuar”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“dinosuar”
Correct spelling: dinosaur. Misspelling: dinosuar.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “dinosuar” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of A and U.
What does “dinosaur” mean?
dinosaur noun
- any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Dinosaur” in a sentence
- The museum has a full dinosaur skeleton.
Is “dinosaur” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“dinasour” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from DINOSAUR.