Nowdays or nowadays?
Did you mean nowadays? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
nowdays
Correct
nowadays
Correct spelling: nowadays. Misspelling: nowdays.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Now + a + days written as one word: NOW-A-DAYS.
Why people write “nowdays”
The misspelling “nowdays” is only one letter off: it leaves out the A.
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 nowadays automatic.
Other misspellings of “nowadays”
People also write “now a days”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“now a days”
Correct spelling: nowadays. Misspelling: now a days.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“now a days” differs from “nowadays” in 2 places: it adds an extra letter, ; and it adds an extra letter, .
What does “nowadays” mean?
nowadays noun
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
“that is enough for the present”
Synonyms:present
nowadays adverb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Nowadays” in a sentence
- Nowadays most people pay by card.
- That is enough for the present.
- It is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford.
Is “nowadays” a playable word?
15 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“nowdays” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from NOWADAYS.