Millionare or millionaire?
Did you mean millionaire? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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millionare
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millionaire
Correct spelling: millionaire. Misspelling: millionare.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Million + aire: double L, single N, and it ends in -aire.
Why people write “millionare”
The misspelling “millionare” is only one letter off: it leaves out the I.
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 millionaire automatic.
What does “millionaire” mean?
millionaire noun
- a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Millionaire” in a sentence
- She became a millionaire at thirty.
Is “millionaire” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 17 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“millionare” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MILLIONAIRE.