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How to spell castle

hear itcas·tle/'kæsəl/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A large fortified building.

In a sentence: The princess lived in a big, beautiful castle.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as castel or casttle.

Same family: castles, castle-like, fortress, palace. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Castle comes from the Latin word 'castellum,' meaning 'fort' or 'stronghold.' Over time, it came to refer not just to military forts but also to large, grand homes for nobles and rulers.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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