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How to spell align

Align is spelled A-L-I-G-N.

What it means: To form or be in a straight line.

In a sentence: The books align perfectly on the shelf. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent g, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: alignment, aligned, realign, misalign, line. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Align” comes from French *aligner*, formed from *à* (“to”) + *ligne* (“line”). It literally meant “to bring to the line,” which is why the spelling keeps the silent g from *line*’s Latin ancestor *linea*.

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