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How to spell complementing

Complementing is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-I-N-G.

hear itcom·ple·ment·ing/'kɑmplə,mɛntɪŋ/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: Going well with something else to make it better.

In a sentence: Sweet strawberries were complementing the rich chocolate cake on our plates.

The part people get wrong

Remember the middle letter is e, not i.

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

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