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How to spell hurricane

Hurricane is spelled H-U-R-R-I-C-A-N-E. The part people get wrong: double R.

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.

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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