How to spell bought

Bought is spelled B-O-U-G-H-T.

hear itbought/bɑt/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: To have purchased something.

In a sentence: She bought a shiny red balloon at the fair.

Same family: buy, buying, buyer, boughten, purchase. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Bought” is the irregular past tense of “buy” and comes from Old English “bohte,” the past form of “bycgan.” Over time, the spelling changed, but the unusual pronunciation stayed, which is why it doesn’t sound the way it looks.

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