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How to spell discreet

Discreet is spelled D-I-S-C-R-E-E-T.

What it means: Careful and prudent in behavior.

In a sentence: The secret agent was discreet when he tiptoed past the sleeping cat. ▶

The part people get wrong

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Not to be confused with: discrete, a different word.

Same family: discreetly, discretion, indiscreet, indiscretion. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Discreet comes from the Latin word 'discretus', meaning 'separate' or 'distinguished'. It is often confused with 'discrete', which shares the same Latin root but now means 'separate, distinct' in modern English.

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