How to spell husband

hear ithus·band/'həzbənd/nounRules and real life

What it means: A man who is married.

In a sentence: My mom and dad are husband and wife.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as husbond or husban.

Same family: husbandry, husbands, ex-husband, spouse, wife. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Husband comes from Old Norse "húsbóndi," which meant the master or manager of a house (literally "house-dweller"). Over time, the word shifted from meaning a head of household to specifically meaning a married man.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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