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How to spell baseball

Baseball is spelled B-A-S-E-B-A-L-L.

hear itbase·ball/'beɪs,bɔl/nounLong vowels

What it means: A game played with a bat and ball.

In a sentence: I like to play baseball with my friends.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l.

Same family: baseball player, baseball game, baseball bat, basketball, football. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Baseball is a compound word made from "base" and "ball," first used in English in the 18th century for games played with bases and a ball. The modern sport developed in the United States in the 1800s and is often called "America's pastime."

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