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How to spell activity

Activity is spelled A-C-T-I-V-I-T-Y. From active: drop the E and add -ITY, keeping the I after the V: ac-tiv-i-ty.

What it means: A task or game done for fun or learning.

In a sentence: We played a fun activity at the park today. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: active, activate, activation, action, activity level. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Activity comes from the Latin root *act-* meaning “to do” or “to drive,” through Old French *activité* and Middle English. It shares the same root as words like *act*, *action*, and *actor*, all connected to doing or movement.

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