How to spell doubt

hear itdoubt/daʊt/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A feeling of uncertainty about something.

In a sentence: I have no doubt you can do this!

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent b. Often misspelled as dout or doub.

Same family: doubts, doubted, doubtful, doubtless, doubtfully. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Doubt” comes from Old French *doute* and Latin *dubitum*, meaning ‘hesitation’ or ‘uncertainty.’ The silent “b” was added back in the Middle Ages to show its Latin origin, even though it is not pronounced in modern English.

Patterns it uses: Silent letters

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