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How to spell category

hear itcat·e·go·ry/'kætə,ɡoʊri/nounRules and real life

What it means: A group sharing a common attribute.

In a sentence: Let's put each animal into the correct category.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as catagory or catergory.

Same family: categorize, categorization, categorical, classification, type. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Category comes from the Greek word 'katēgoria,' which originally meant a public accusation or statement. Over time, its meaning shifted to refer to a general class or group of things that share similar features.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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