Nauseus or nauseous?
Did you mean nauseous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
nauseus
Correct
nauseous
Correct spelling: nauseous. Misspelling: nauseus.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Nausea becomes nause-OUS.
Why people write “nauseus”
The misspelling “nauseus” is only one letter off: it leaves out the O.
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 nauseous automatic.
Other misspellings of “nauseous”
People also write “nausious”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“nausious”
Correct spelling: nauseous. Misspelling: nausious.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “nausious” is only one letter off: it writes I where nauseous has E.
What does “nauseous” mean?
nauseous adjective
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Nauseous” in a sentence
- The boat ride made me nauseous.
- A nauseating smell.
Is “nauseous” a playable word?
8 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“nauseus” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from NAUSEOUS.