How to spell healthy

hear ithealth·y/'hɛlθi/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: In good physical condition; not sick.

In a sentence: Eating fruits and vegetables helps you stay healthy.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as helthy or healty.

Same family: health, healthier, healthiest, unhealthy, healthiness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Healthy comes from the noun 'health', which goes back to Old English 'hælth', related to the word 'whole'. Long ago, to be healthy was closely connected to being whole or unbroken in body and spirit.

Patterns it uses: Change y to i?

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