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How to spell civilians

Civilians is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-A-N-S.

What it means: people who are not in the armed forces or police.

In a sentence: Brave rescue workers guided the civilians safely away from the rising floodwaters. ▶

The part people get wrong

Add s to make the plural; note the initial c makes an /s/ sound.

Same family: civilian. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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