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How to spell excellence

Excellence is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-E. The part people get wrong: double L.

hear itex·cel·lence/'ɛksələns/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: The quality of being outstanding or superior.

In a sentence: The teacher praised the student's excellence in writing.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: excellent, excellently, exceled, excelling, excellence-award. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Excellence” comes from Latin “excellentia,” from “excellere,” meaning “to rise up, surpass, be eminent.” It literally carries the idea of standing out or rising above others in quality.

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