Vaccuum or vacuum?
Did you mean vacuum? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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vaccuum
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vacuum
Correct spelling: vacuum. Misspelling: vaccuum.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
One C and two Us: va-C-UU-m.
Why people write “vaccuum”
The misspelling “vaccuum” is only one letter off: it doubles the C, which vacuum spells with just one.
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 vacuum automatic.
Other misspellings of “vacuum”
People also write “vacume” and “vaccum”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“vacume”
Correct spelling: vacuum. Misspelling: vacume.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“vacume” differs from “vacuum” in 2 places: it uses M in place of U; and it uses E in place of M.
“vaccum”
Correct spelling: vacuum. Misspelling: vaccum.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “vaccum” is only one letter off: it uses C in place of U.
What does “vacuum” mean?
vacuum noun
vacuum verb
- clean with a vacuum cleaner
“vacuum the carpets”
Synonyms:hoover
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Vacuum” in a sentence
- Vacuum the carpet once a week.
- The huge desert voids.
- Vacuum the carpets.
Is “vacuum” a playable word?
13 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“vaccuum” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from VACUUM.