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How to spell factor

hear itfac·tor/'fæktər/nounRules and real life

What it means: A number that divides another number evenly.

In a sentence: When you multiply two numbers together, each one is called a factor.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as factore or facter.

Same family: factory, manufacture, benefactor, malefactor, factual. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Factor comes from Latin 'factor,' meaning 'doer' or 'maker,' from the verb 'facere' (to do, to make). The business meaning of a person who buys or sells for someone else grew out of the idea of a person who 'does things' on another’s behalf.

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