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How to spell kitten

Kitten is spelled K-I-T-T-E-N.

What it means: A young domestic cat.

In a sentence: The fluffy kitten chased a bright red ball across the room. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double t.

Same family: cat, kitty, kittens, kittenish, kittenhood. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Kitten” comes from Old French “chitoun” or “chaton,” meaning a young cat, and entered English in the Middle Ages. The -en ending is related to old Germanic endings used to make a word mean a smaller or younger version, like a little cat.

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