How to spell consider

hear itcon·sid·er/kən'sɪdər/verbLong vowels

What it means: To think carefully about something.

In a sentence: Please consider your friend’s feelings before you speak.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as concider or considar.

Same family: considering, considered, consideration, considerable, considerate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Consider” comes from Latin *considerare*, which originally meant “to observe the stars carefully.” Over time, its meaning shifted from literally watching the sky to thinking carefully about something in general.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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