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How to spell halloween

What it means: A holiday on October 31 when people wear costumes.

In a sentence: We will wear costumes and go trick-or-treating on Halloween! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l and double e. Often misspelled as haloween or hallowen.

Same family: All Hallows' Eve, Halloween party, Halloween costume, Halloween candy, holiday. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Halloween comes from the older name “All Hallows’ Eve,” meaning the evening before All Hallows’ (All Saints’) Day. Over time, the words were shortened and blended together into the modern form “Halloween.”

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