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How to spell hear

Hear is spelled H-E-A-R.

What it means: Perceive sound via the auditory sense.

In a sentence: Can you hear the birds singing? ▶

Not to be confused with: here, a different word.

Same family: hears, heard, hearing, overhear, mishear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "hear" comes from Old English "hīeran" or "hēran," meaning to perceive by the ear. It is related to old Germanic words for hearing and has kept a very similar meaning for over a thousand years.

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