Hitchiker or hitchhiker?
Did you mean hitchhiker? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: hitchhiker. Misspelling: hitchiker.
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Memory tip
Hitch + hiker: the two Hs meet in the middle.
Why people write “hitchiker”
The misspelling “hitchiker” is only one letter off: it uses a single H where hitchhiker has a double HH.
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 hitchhiker automatic.
Other misspellings of “hitchhiker”
People also write “hitchhicker”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“hitchhicker”
Correct spelling: hitchhiker. Misspelling: hitchhicker.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “hitchhicker” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, C.
What does “hitchhiker” mean?
hitchhiker noun
- a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Hitchhiker” in a sentence
- They picked up a hitchhiker near the border.
Is “hitchhiker” a playable word?
25 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“hitchiker” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from HITCHHIKER.