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How to spell distribution

Distribution is spelled D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-O-N. Distribute drops its E and adds -ION: dis-tri-bu-tion.

What it means: The sharing of things among a group of people.

In a sentence: The kind teacher gave a fair distribution of candy to all the students. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: distribute, distributing, distributed, redistribution, distributional. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Distribution” comes from Latin *distributio*, from *distribuere*, meaning “to divide or deal out.” The same root also appears in “tribute” and “contribute,” all connected to the idea of giving or sharing out something.

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