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How do you spell thumbnail?

Thumbnail is spelled T-H-U-M-B-N-A-I-L. The silent b is the letter people drop; thumnail is the usual result.

Letter by letter

T-H-U-M-B-N-A-I-L

Spelling note

Silent b after the u, one word, no hyphen.

What it means for nature images

A thumbnail is a small preview version of an image, used in grids and listings so a page can load quickly.

Common misspellings

  • thumnail → thumbnail
  • thumbnale → thumbnail
  • thumb-nail → thumbnail
  • thumnale → thumbnail

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