How do you spell Caribbean?
Correct spelling
Caribbean
One R, two B's. The opposite of what you'd expect.
Why is Caribbean spelled this way?
Two B's? One B? The confusion stems from the word's origin in Carib, the indigenous people Columbus encountered. The double B comes from the Spanish Caribes, with an extra B added through historical spelling drift.
Common misspellings of Caribbean
CarribeanCaribeanCaribbianCarribbean
Example
They sailed across the Caribbean Sea.