How to spell grade

hear itgrade/greɪd/nounSounds

What it means: A mark indicating quality or performance.

In a sentence: I was happy to get a good grade on my math test.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as graed or gred.

Same family: graded, grading, regrade, upgrade, downgrade. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Grade comes from the Latin word "gradus," meaning "step" or "degree." Over time, English speakers began using it for school marks, as if each grade is a step in learning.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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