How to spell circle

Circle is spelled C-I-R-C-L-E.

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What it means: A round shape or area.

In a sentence: The cat sat in a circle on the rug.

Same family: circles, circular, circulate, circuit, cycle. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Circle comes from Old French "cercle" and Latin "circulus," meaning a ring or circular line. Over time, English speakers also began using it to describe a group of people who are closely connected, like a ring of friends.

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