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Vacume or vacuum?

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

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vacume

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Correct spelling: vacuum. Misspelling: vacume.

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 “vacume”

“vacume” differs from “vacuum” in 2 places: it uses M in place of U; and it uses E in place of M.

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.

What does “vacuum” mean?

vacuum noun

  1. the absence of matter

    Synonyms:vacuity

  2. an empty area or space

    “the huge desert voids”

    Synonyms:voidvacancyemptiness

  3. a region that is devoid of matter

    Synonyms:vacuity

  4. an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

    Synonyms:

vacuum verb

  1. 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?

v 4a 1c 3u 1u 1m 3

13 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends

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

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

Vacuum: quick answers

Is it vacume or vacuum?
The correct spelling is vacuum. “vacume” 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 vacuum?
One C and two Us: va-C-UU-m.
What does vacuum mean?
Vacuum means: the absence of matter.