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How to spell call

Call is spelled C-A-L-L. The part people get wrong: double L.

What it means: To contact someone by phone.

In a sentence: I will call my friend to play. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l.

Same family: called, calling, caller, recall, telephone. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Call comes from Old English ‘ceallian,’ meaning ‘to cry out or shout.’ Over time, its meaning expanded from shouting someone’s name to naming things, and later to making telephone calls.

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