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Glamerous or glamorous?

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

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glamerous

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glamorous

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Correct spelling: glamorous. Misspelling: glamerous.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Glamour drops its U before -ous, even in British English: glam-OR-ous.

Why people write “glamerous”

The misspelling “glamerous” is only one letter off: it writes E where glamorous has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

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 glamorous automatic.

What does “glamorous” mean?

glamorous adjective

  1. having an air of allure, romance and excitement

    “glamorous movie stars”

    Synonyms:glamourous

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Glamorous” in a sentence

  • They went to a glamorous party.
  • Glamorous movie stars.

Is “glamorous” a playable word?

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12 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends

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

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

Glamorous: quick answers

Is it glamerous or glamorous?
The correct spelling is glamorous. “glamerous” 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 glamorous?
Glamour drops its U before -ous, even in British English: glam-OR-ous.
What does glamorous mean?
Glamorous means: having an air of allure, romance and excitement.