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How to spell chocolate

hear itchoc·o·late/'ʧɔkəlɪt/nounSounds

What it means: A sweet food made from cacao.

In a sentence: I have a big chocolate cake for my birthday party.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as chocalate or choclate.

Same family: chocolatey, chocolatier, hot chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate-brown. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "chocolate" comes from Spanish "chocolate," which likely came from the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word "xocolātl," meaning "bitter water." Over time, the word began to refer not just to the drink, but also to the sweet solid treat and the rich brown color we know today.

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