How to spell marriage

hear itmar·riage/'mirɑdʒ/nounSilent and tricky

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. Often misspelled as mariage or marraige.

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.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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