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How to spell constructing

Constructing is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-N-G.

hear itcon·struct·ing/kən'strʌktɪŋ/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: Building or assembling something from separate pieces.

In a sentence: Workers are constructing a new playground near our neighborhood park.

The part people get wrong

Keep both letters c and t before adding -ing.

Same family: construct, constructed, constructs, reconstruct. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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