How to spell culture

hear itcul·ture/'kəlʧər/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The beliefs, customs, and art of a group of people.

In a sentence: We learn about different cultures in our world.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as culcher or cultur.

Same family: cultural, culturally, acculturation, agriculture, cultivate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Culture” comes from a Latin word meaning “to grow” or “to cultivate,” originally used for farming the land. Over time, its meaning grew to describe how humans “grow” ideas, beliefs, art, and ways of life in a society.

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