Matress or mattress?
Did you mean mattress? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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mattress
Correct spelling: mattress. Misspelling: matress.
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Memory tip
Double T and double S: ma-TT-re-SS.
Why people write “matress”
The misspelling “matress” is only one letter off: it uses a single T where mattress has a double TT.
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 mattress automatic.
Other misspellings of “mattress”
People also write “mattres”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“mattres”
Correct spelling: mattress. Misspelling: mattres.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “mattres” is only one letter off: it uses a single S where mattress has a double SS.
What does “mattress” mean?
mattress noun
- a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Mattress” in a sentence
- We bought a new mattress.
Is “mattress” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“matress” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MATTRESS.