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How to spell excellent

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

What it means: Of very high quality.

In a sentence: The cake tastes excellent! ▶

The part people get wrong

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

Same family: excellence, excellently, excelling, excellentness, superb. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Excellent” comes from the Latin verb “excellere,” meaning “to rise up” or “to surpass,” so something excellent literally ‘stands out’ above the rest. It entered English through Old French in the Middle Ages and has been a high-praise word for centuries.

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