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How to spell four

Four is spelled F-O-U-R.

What it means: The number after three and before five.

In a sentence: I have four shiny marbles in my pocket. ▶

Not to be confused with: for, fore, a different word.

Same family: fourth, fourteen, forty, foursome. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Four comes from Old English "feower," which is related to similar words for the number in many European languages, like German "vier" and Latin "quattuor." These all go back to an ancient Proto-Indo-European root meaning “four.”

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