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How to spell eight

What it means: The number that is one more than seven.

In a sentence: There are eight apples in the basket. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ei. Often misspelled as eigth or eite.

Sounds like, but is not: ate. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: eighth, eighteen, eighty, eighties, eighty-eight. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Eight comes from Old English “eahta,” related to German “acht” and Latin “octo.” The unusual spelling with “eigh-” is a result of historical sound changes in English over many centuries.

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