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How to spell marriage

Marriage is spelled M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E. The part people get wrong: double R.

What it means: The legal union or relationship between two people.

In a sentence: My parents' marriage is full of love and fun! ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: married, marrying, unmarried, marital, wedding. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Marriage” comes from Old French “mariage,” from “marier” meaning “to marry,” which is based on Latin “maritare,” ‘to wed or join in marriage.’ The -age ending is the same as in words like “village” and “baggage,” showing a state, action, or result.

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