Whitch or which?
Did you mean which? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
Incorrect
whitch
Correct
which
Correct spelling: which. Misspelling: whitch.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
W-H-I-C-H: the H comes right after the W, and there is no T.
Why people write “whitch”
The misspelling “whitch” is only one letter off: it adds an extra letter, T.
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 which automatic.
What does “which” mean?
A question word for choosing from a known set of things (which size do you want?), and a relative pronoun that adds information about something just mentioned (the film, which I loved, won an award).
“Which” in a sentence
- Which one do you want?
Is “which” a playable word?
16 points in Scrabble · 15 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“whitch” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from WHICH.