How to spell county

hear itcoun·ty/bə'lɑhi/nounRules and real life

What it means: An area of a state or country with its own government.

In a sentence: The county fair has rides, games, and lots of yummy food.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as countie or couny.

Same family: counties, country, council, district, province. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: County comes from Middle English and Old French words related to a land ruled by a count, a noble title. Over time, the word stopped referring to the ruler and instead came to mean the geographic area itself, especially in the UK and Ireland.

Patterns it uses: Change y to i?

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