Tremendious or tremendous?
Did you mean tremendous? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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tremendious
Correct
tremendous
Correct spelling: tremendous. Misspelling: tremendious.
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Memory tip
It ends in -dous, like stupendous: tre-MEN-dous.
Why people write “tremendious”
The misspelling “tremendious” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, I.
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 tremendous automatic.
What does “tremendous” mean?
tremendous adjective
- extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
“an enormous boulder”
Synonyms:enormous
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
“a fantastic trip to the Orient”
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
“in a frightful hurry”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Tremendous” in a sentence
- They made a tremendous effort.
- An enormous boulder.
- A fantastic trip to the Orient.
- In a frightful hurry.
Is “tremendous” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
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“tremendious” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from TREMENDOUS.