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How to spell connection

Connection is spelled C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N. The part people get wrong: double N.

hear itcon·nec·tion/kə'nɛkʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A link that joins two places or things together.

In a sentence: The bridge made a strong connection between the two islands.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double n, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: connected, connecting, connections, disconnect. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Connection” comes from the Latin verb *connectere*, meaning ‘to bind together.’ For a long time, the spelling “connexion” was common in British English, and you can still see it in some older books.

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