How do you spell Cafeteria?
Correct spelling
cafeteria
One F. CAFE + TERIA.
Why is cafeteria spelled this way?
From Mexican Spanish cafeteria, a coffee shop. CAFE (coffee). The word traveled from Latin American coffee houses to describe self-service dining halls — democracy applied to eating.
Common misspellings of cafeteria
caffeteriacafateriacafiteriacafetirea
Example
We had lunch in the cafeteria.