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Dinosuar or dinosaur?

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Correct spelling: dinosaur. Misspelling: dinosuar.

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 “dinosuar”

The misspelling “dinosuar” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of A and U.

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.

What does “dinosaur” mean?

dinosaur noun

  1. 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?

d 2i 1n 1o 1s 1a 1u 1r 1

9 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends

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

Dinosaur: quick answers

Is it dinosuar or dinosaur?
The correct spelling is dinosaur. “dinosuar” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell dinosaur?
Dino (terrible) + saur (lizard): -saur is the same ending as in thesaurus.
What does dinosaur mean?
Dinosaur means: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era.