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How to spell crown

hear itcrown/kraʊn/nounLong vowels

What it means: An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.

In a sentence: The king wears a shiny crown on his head.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as crowne or croun.

Same family: crowned, crowning, coronation, culminate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "crown" comes from the Old French word "corone" and Latin "corona," meaning wreath or garland. Over time, it came to mean placing a crown on someone’s head and then more figuratively to mean finishing or completing something in a splendid way.

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