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Hemmorhage or hemorrhage?

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

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hemmorhage

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hemorrhage

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Correct spelling: hemorrhage. Misspelling: hemmorhage.

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Memory tip

Hemo + rrhage: double R followed by an H. British English writes haemorrhage.

Why people write “hemmorhage”

“hemmorhage” differs from “hemorrhage” in 2 places: it doubles the M, which hemorrhage spells with just one; and it uses a single R where hemorrhage has a double RR.

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 hemorrhage automatic.

What does “hemorrhage” mean?

hemorrhage noun

  1. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

    Synonyms:bleedinghaemorrhage

hemorrhage verb

  1. lose blood from one's body

    Synonyms:bleed

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Hemorrhage” in a sentence

  • Doctors stopped the hemorrhage.

Is “hemorrhage” a playable word?

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19 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends

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  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Hemorrhage: quick answers

Is it hemmorhage or hemorrhage?
The correct spelling is hemorrhage. “hemmorhage” 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 hemorrhage?
Hemo + rrhage: double R followed by an H. British English writes haemorrhage.
What does hemorrhage mean?
Hemorrhage means: the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.