Miscellanious or miscellaneous?
Did you mean miscellaneous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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miscellanious
Correct
miscellaneous
Correct spelling: miscellaneous. Misspelling: miscellanious.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Double L, and the ending is -eous, not -ious: mis-cel-LAN-eous.
Why people write “miscellanious”
The misspelling “miscellanious” is only one letter off: it writes I where miscellaneous has E.
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 miscellaneous automatic.
What does “miscellaneous” mean?
miscellaneous adjective
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
“an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”
- having many aspects or qualities
“a many-sided subject”
Synonyms:multifacetedmultifarious
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Miscellaneous” in a sentence
- The drawer is full of miscellaneous cables.
- An arrangement of assorted spring flowers.
- A many-sided subject.
Is “miscellaneous” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 23 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“miscellanious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MISCELLANEOUS.