How to spell deal

hear itdeal/dil/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each

In a sentence: I made a deal with my friend to trade a toy car for a puzzle.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as deel or diel.

Same family: deals, dealing, dealt, agreement, bargain. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Deal comes from Old English “dǣl,” meaning a part or share. Over time, the idea of sharing or dividing something turned into the modern sense of making an agreement about how something will be shared or arranged.

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