How to spell hurricane

hear ithur·ri·cane/'hɜrə,keɪn/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A severe tropical cyclone with heavy rains and winds.

In a sentence: The hurricane made the wind blow very hard.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r. Often misspelled as huricane or hurricain.

Same family: storm, cyclone, typhoon, tornado, hurricane-force. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "hurricane" comes from the Spanish "huracán," which was borrowed from the language of the Taíno people of the Caribbean. Early Spanish explorers used the Taíno word for these powerful tropical storms, and it eventually entered English.

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