Humerous or humorous?
Did you mean humorous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
humerous
Correct
humorous
Correct spelling: humorous. Misspelling: humerous.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Humor + ous (the humerus is a bone in your arm).
Why people write “humerous”
The misspelling “humerous” is only one letter off: it writes E where humorous 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 humorous automatic.
Other misspellings of “humorous”
People also write “humourous”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“humourous”
Correct spelling: humorous. Misspelling: humourous.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “humourous” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, U.
What does “humorous” mean?
humorous adjective
- full of or characterized by humor
“humorous stories”
Synonyms:humourous
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Humorous” in a sentence
- He told a humorous story.
- Humorous stories.
Is “humorous” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“humerous” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from HUMOROUS.