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How to spell available

Available is spelled A-V-A-I-L-A-B-L-E. It is avail plus -ABLE: the AI of avail, then the A of able.

What it means: Able to be bought, found, or used.

In a sentence: The big red kite is available at the store. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: unavailable, availability, avail, valuable, value. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Available comes from the older English word 'avail,' meaning 'to be of use or benefit,' which itself comes from Latin 'valere,' meaning 'to be strong or worth something.' Over time, 'available' shifted to describe things or people that are free and ready to be used.

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