How to spell knowledge

hear itknowl·edge/'nɑlɪdʒ/nounLong vowels

What it means: Information and skills gained through learning or experience.

In a sentence: Books are full of fun and knowledge!

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent k, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as knowlege or knowldge.

Same family: known, knowing, knowledgeable, acknowledge, recognize. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "knowledge" comes from Middle English forms like "knouleche" and is related to the verb "know" plus an old ending that indicated an action or state. Long ago it was closely connected to the idea of acknowledging or recognizing something as true.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · Silent letters

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