How to spell helpful

Helpful is spelled H-E-L-P-F-U-L.

hear ithelp·ful/'hɛlpfəl/adjectiveRules and real life

What it means: Providing assistance or serving a useful function.

In a sentence: The helpful puppy found the lost shoe.

Same family: help, helper, helping, helped, unhelpful. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Helpful is formed from the verb "help," which comes from Old English "helpan," meaning to assist, plus the suffix "-ful," meaning "full of" or "having." So "helpful" literally means "full of help."

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