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Disasterous or disastrous?

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

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disasterous

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disastrous

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Correct spelling: disastrous. Misspelling: disasterous.

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Memory tip

Disaster drops its E: disas-TROUS.

Why people write “disasterous”

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

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 disastrous automatic.

What does “disastrous” mean?

disastrous adjective

  1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

    “the stock market crashed on Black Friday”

    Synonyms:blackcalamitousfatalfateful

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Disastrous” in a sentence

  • The flood had disastrous effects.
  • The stock market crashed on Black Friday.

Is “disastrous” a playable word?

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11 points in Scrabble · 12 in Words With Friends

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

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

Disastrous: quick answers

Is it disasterous or disastrous?
The correct spelling is disastrous. “disasterous” 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 disastrous?
Disaster drops its E: disas-TROUS.
What does disastrous mean?
Disastrous means: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.