Skip to content
ZWordFinderZ

Potatos or potatoes?

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

Incorrect

potatos

Correct

potatoes

Letter by letter
CorrectWrong

Correct spelling: potatoes. Misspelling: potatos.

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

Memory tip

Potato takes -es in the plural, like tomatoes.

Why people write “potatos”

The misspelling “potatos” is only one letter off: it leaves out the 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 potatoes automatic.

What does “potatoes” mean?

potatoes noun

  1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

    Synonyms:murphyspudtater

  2. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

    Synonyms:

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Potatoes” in a sentence

  • Peel the potatoes.

Is “potatoes” a playable word?

p 3o 1t 1a 1t 1o 1e 1s 1

10 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

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

Potatoes: quick answers

Is it potatos or potatoes?
The correct spelling is potatoes. “potatos” 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 potatoes?
Potato takes -es in the plural, like tomatoes.
What does potatoes mean?
Potatoes means: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.