How to spell example

hear itex·am·ple/ɪɡ'zæmpəl/nounSounds

What it means: A person or thing that shows what others are like.

In a sentence: This picture is an example of a happy cat.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as exampel or exemple.

Same family: for example, exemplify, exemplary, sample, model. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Example comes from Latin "exemplum," meaning a pattern or model to follow. It’s related to the word "exemplary," which describes something so good that it should be used as a model or example for others.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Words like this

countries · america · thursday · because · would · into · whole · should

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.