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How to spell folder

hear itfold·er/'foʊldər/nounRules and real life

What it means: A folding cover or holder for loose papers.

In a sentence: She put her drawings in a yellow folder.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as foldre or foler.

Same family: fold, folded, folding, unfold. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Folder” comes from the verb “fold,” which goes back to Old English roots meaning “to bend.” The -er ending turns the action into a thing, so a folder is literally an object used for folding or holding papers together.

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