Fuschia or fuchsia?
Did you mean fuchsia? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: fuchsia. Misspelling: fuschia.
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Memory tip
The plant is named after the botanist Leonhart Fuchs: FUCHS-ia.
Why people write “fuschia”
“fuschia” has all the right letters, but the S is in the wrong place.
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 fuchsia automatic.
Other misspellings of “fuchsia”
People also write “fushia”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“fushia”
Correct spelling: fuchsia. Misspelling: fushia.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“fushia” differs from “fuchsia” in 2 places: it leaves out the C; and it swaps the order of H and S.
What does “fuchsia” mean?
fuchsia noun
- any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Fuchsia” in a sentence
- She painted the door fuchsia.
Is “fuchsia” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“fuschia” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FUCHSIA.