Flouride or fluoride?
Did you mean fluoride? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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flouride
Correct
fluoride
Correct spelling: fluoride. Misspelling: flouride.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Like fluorescent, it starts FLUO: the U comes before the O.
Why people write “flouride”
The misspelling “flouride” is only one letter off: it swaps the order of U and O.
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 fluoride automatic.
Other misspellings of “fluoride”
People also write “fluride”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“fluride”
Correct spelling: fluoride. Misspelling: fluride.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “fluride” is only one letter off: it leaves out the O.
What does “fluoride” mean?
fluoride noun
- a salt of hydrofluoric acid
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Fluoride” in a sentence
- The toothpaste contains fluoride.
Is “fluoride” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“flouride” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FLUORIDE.