Roomate or roommate?
Did you mean roommate? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: roommate. Misspelling: roomate.
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Memory tip
Room + mate: the two Ms meet in the middle.
Why people write “roomate”
The misspelling “roomate” is only one letter off: it uses a single M where roommate has a double MM.
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 roommate automatic.
Other misspellings of “roommate”
People also write “rommate”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“rommate”
Correct spelling: roommate. Misspelling: rommate.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “rommate” is only one letter off: it uses a single O where roommate has a double OO.
What does “roommate” mean?
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Roommate” in a sentence
- My roommate is a night owl.
Is “roommate” a playable word?
12 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“roomate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ROOMMATE.