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How to spell building

hear itbuild·ing/'bɪldɪŋ/nounLong vowels

What it means: A structure with walls and a roof.

In a sentence: The building is very tall and shiny.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as buidling or bilding.

Same family: builder, rebuilding, building-site, construction, structure. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Building” comes from the Old English word “byldan,” meaning to construct a house. It is related to the word “bold,” an old term for a house or dwelling.

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