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How to spell collection

Collection is spelled C-O-L-L-E-C-T-I-O-N. Collect + ion: two L's from collect, then -TION.

What it means: A group of things gathered together.

In a sentence: She has a collection of pretty shells from the beach. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l.

Same family: collect, collector, collecting, recollection, collection-agency. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Collection comes from Latin 'collectio', meaning 'a gathering together'. Over time, English extended this idea from gathering things to gathering money, especially unpaid bills and debts.

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