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How to spell cooing

Cooing is spelled C-O-O-I-N-G. The part people get wrong: double O.

hear itcoo·ing/'kuɪŋ/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To make soft, gentle sounds like a baby.

In a sentence: The baby was cooing softly in her crib.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double o.

Same family: coo, cooed, coos, cooingly, babble. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Cooing comes from the verb “coo,” which originally imitated the soft sound made by doves and pigeons. Over time, English speakers also began using it for the gentle, happy sounds made by babies.

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