How to spell foundation

hear itfoun·da·tion/faʊn'deɪʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The base or support of a structure.

In a sentence: The foundation of the house is made of strong bricks.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as foundtion or foundashion.

Same family: found (verb), founder, fundamental, basis, groundwork. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Foundation” comes from Latin “fundatio,” from “fundare” meaning “to lay a bottom or base.” It’s related to words like “fund” and “fundamental,” all carrying the idea of something that supports everything built on top of it.

Patterns it uses: -tion, -sion or -cian?

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