How to spell machine

hear itma·chine/mə'ʃin/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A piece of equipment that uses power to do work.

In a sentence: The machine helps us wash our clothes.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as mashine or machene.

Same family: machinery, machine-like, mechanic, mechanical. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Machine” comes from the French word “machine” and the Latin “machina,” which originally meant a device or contrivance, especially one used in theaters or war. Over time, the meaning narrowed to mechanical devices, and in some varieties of English it’s also used informally to mean a car.

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.