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Tabacco or tobacco?

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

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tabacco

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Correct spelling: tobacco. Misspelling: tabacco.

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

Memory tip

One B, double C: to-BAC-CO.

Why people write “tabacco”

The misspelling “tabacco” is only one letter off: it writes A where tobacco has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

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 tobacco automatic.

What does “tobacco” mean?

tobacco noun

  1. leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

    Synonyms:baccy

  2. aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs

    Synonyms:

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Tobacco” in a sentence

  • The shop sells tobacco and newspapers.

Is “tobacco” a playable word?

t 1o 1b 3a 1c 3c 3o 1

13 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends

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

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

Tobacco: quick answers

Is it tabacco or tobacco?
The correct spelling is tobacco. “tabacco” 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 tobacco?
One B, double C: to-BAC-CO.
What does tobacco mean?
Tobacco means: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.