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How to spell mail

Mail is spelled M-A-I-L.

hear itmail/meɪl/nounSounds

What it means: Letters and packages sent through a postal system.

In a sentence: I sent a letter in the mail to Grandma.

Not to be confused with: male, a different word.

Same family: mailing, mailed, mailbox, email, mailer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Mail comes from an Old French word meaning a bag or bundle, because letters were carried in bags. Over time, its meaning shifted from the container to the letters and the act of sending them.

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