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How to spell little
Little is spelled L-I-T-T-L-E. The part people get wrong: double T.
What it means: Small in size.
In a sentence: The little puppy wagged its tail.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double t, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.
Same family: littler, littlest, small, tiny. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Little” comes from Old English “lytel,” meaning small in size or amount. It is related to similar words in German and Dutch, showing how old Germanic languages shared many basic describing words.
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