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How to spell mark

What it means: A visible spot, line, or shape on a surface.

In a sentence: Can you make a mark on your paper with a crayon? ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as marke or markk.

Same family: marked, marking, remarkable, landmark, milestone. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Mark” comes from Old English “mearc,” meaning a boundary or sign. Over time, its meaning expanded from a physical sign or boundary to include symbolic ways of noticing or celebrating important events.

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