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How to spell hundred

Hundred is spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D.

hear ithun·dred/'həndrɪd/nounLong vowels

What it means: The number that comes after ninety-nine.

In a sentence: There are one hundred candies in the jar.

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Same family: hundreds, hundredth, one hundred, a hundred, three hundred. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "hundred" comes from Old English "hundred," which originally could mean a group of one hundred or sometimes one hundred and twenty. It is related to old Germanic words like Old Norse "hundrað" with a similar meaning.

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