How to spell king

hear itking/kɪŋ/nounRules and real life

What it means: A male ruler of a country.

In a sentence: The king wore a shiny crown.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as kign or kingg.

Same family: kings, kingdom, kingly, kingdoms, king-sized. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: King comes from Old English 'cyning', which is related to a word for 'kin' or 'family', hinting that early kings were seen as leaders of a people or family group rather than just political rulers.

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