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Potatoes vs. Potatos

Potatoes

A type of starchy vegetable commonly used as food. It is often tuber-shaped and commonly brown or cream-colored.

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Potatos

A common starchy vegetable eaten worldwide, often used in cooking and making chips, fries, or mashed dishes

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This word has no antonyms

Ways to tell them apart:

etymology
  • Potatoes and potatos are both attempts to describe the plural form of potato.
  • The correct plural form of potato is potatoes with an e.
  • This follows the rule that words ending in o typically become -oes in the plural.
  • Potatos is a common misspelling without the e.
  • Remember the famous Dan Quayle incident to recall the right spelling with an e.
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