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How to spell apologizing

Apologizing is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-Z-I-N-G.

What it means: Saying sorry for an error or hurt caused.

In a sentence: She was apologizing for spilling juice on the kitchen counter. ▶

The part people get wrong

Drop the silent e before adding -ing, and remember the z.

Also spelled: apologising (accepted as correct).

Same family: apologize, apologizes, apologized. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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