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How to spell daddy

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What it means: An informal term for a father.

In a sentence: My daddy takes me to the park.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double d. Often misspelled as dady or daddi.

Same family: dad, father, daddy's, dad's, granddad. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "daddy" likely comes from very early baby sounds like "da" that infants make when learning to speak. Many languages have similar baby-talk words for father, such as "dada" or "papa."

Patterns it uses: Double the consonant before a suffix?

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