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How to spell eighteen

Eighteen is spelled E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N. The part people get wrong: double E.

hear iteight·een/'eɪ'tin/nounLong vowels

What it means: The number after seventeen.

In a sentence: There are eighteen apples in the basket.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e, and the order of ei.

Same family: eighth, eighty, seventeen, nineteen. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Eighteen comes from Old English 'eahtatiene,' literally meaning 'eight-ten.' The '-teen' ending in English numbers from thirteen to nineteen goes back to an old word related to 'ten.'

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