Gorgous or gorgeous?
Did you mean gorgeous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: gorgeous. Misspelling: gorgous.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Like courageous, it keeps an E after the G: gorg-E-ous.
Why people write “gorgous”
The misspelling “gorgous” is only one letter off: it leaves out the 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 gorgeous automatic.
Other misspellings of “gorgeous”
People also write “gorgeus”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“gorgeus”
Correct spelling: gorgeous. Misspelling: gorgeus.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “gorgeus” is only one letter off: it leaves out the O.
What does “gorgeous” mean?
gorgeous adjective
- dazzlingly beautiful
“a gorgeous Victorian gown”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Gorgeous” in a sentence
- What a gorgeous sunset.
- A gorgeous Victorian gown.
Is “gorgeous” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 13 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“gorgous” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from GORGEOUS.