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Nausious or nauseous?

Did you mean nauseous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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nausious

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nauseous

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Correct spelling: nauseous. Misspelling: nausious.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Nausea becomes nause-OUS.

Why people write “nausious”

The misspelling “nausious” is only one letter off: it writes I where nauseous 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 nauseous automatic.

What does “nauseous” mean?

nauseous adjective

  1. causing or able to cause nausea

    “a nauseating smell”

    Synonyms:nauseatingnoisomequeasyloathsomeoffensive

  2. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

    Synonyms:nauseatedqueasysicksickish

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?

n 1a 1u 1s 1e 1o 1u 1s 1

8 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends

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“nausious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from NAUSEOUS.

Nauseous: quick answers

Is it nausious or nauseous?
The correct spelling is nauseous. “nausious” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell nauseous?
Nausea becomes nause-OUS.
What does nauseous mean?
Nauseous means: causing or able to cause nausea.