How to spell homeowner

hear it/'hoʊ,moʊnɝr/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: A person who owns a house.

In a sentence: The homeowner planted flowers in the garden.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as home owner or homeower.

Same family: home, own, owner, homeownership, homeowners. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “homeowner” is a modern compound formed from “home” and “owner,” both of which come from Old English. It became more common in the 20th century as buying a house turned into a major life goal in many countries.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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