Hemorage or hemorrhage?
Did you mean hemorrhage? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: hemorrhage. Misspelling: hemorage.
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Memory tip
Hemo + rrhage: double R followed by an H. British English writes haemorrhage.
Why people write “hemorage”
“hemorage” differs from “hemorrhage” in 2 places: it uses a single R where hemorrhage has a double RR; and it leaves out the silent H, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
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.
Other misspellings of “hemorrhage”
People also write “hemmorhage” and “hemorrage”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“hemmorhage”
Correct spelling: hemorrhage. Misspelling: hemmorhage.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“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.
“hemorrage”
Correct spelling: hemorrhage. Misspelling: hemorrage.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “hemorrage” is only one letter off: it leaves out the silent H, a letter you barely hear when the word is spoken.
What does “hemorrhage” mean?
hemorrhage noun
- the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Synonyms:bleedinghaemorrhage
hemorrhage verb
- 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?
19 points in Scrabble · 19 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“hemorage” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from HEMORRHAGE.