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How to spell happiness

Happiness is spelled H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S. The part people get wrong: double P.

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What it means: State of well-being characterized by emotions of joy.

In a sentence: The puppy's wagging tail shows its happiness.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p and double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: happily, unhappy, happier, happiest. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Happiness” comes from the Middle English word “hap,” which meant luck or chance, so long ago happiness was closely linked to good fortune rather than just feeling good.

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