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How to spell daddy
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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