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Silhoutte or silhouette?

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

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Correct spelling: silhouette. Misspelling: silhoutte.

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

Memory tip

Sil + hou + ette: a silent H and a double T.

Why people write “silhoutte”

The misspelling “silhoutte” 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 silhouette automatic.

What does “silhouette” mean?

silhouette noun

  1. an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
  2. a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

silhouette verb

  1. project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
  2. represent by a silhouette

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Silhouette” in a sentence

  • We saw his silhouette in the window.

Is “silhouette” a playable word?

s 1i 1l 1h 4o 1u 1e 1t 1t 1e 1

13 points in Scrabble · 14 in Words With Friends

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

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

Silhouette: quick answers

Is it silhoutte or silhouette?
The correct spelling is silhouette. “silhoutte” 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 silhouette?
Sil + hou + ette: a silent H and a double T.
What does silhouette mean?
Silhouette means: an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow).