How to spell moonlight

hear itmoon·light/'mun,laɪt/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The natural glow that shines from the night sky.

In a sentence: The garden looks magical under the moonlight.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double o. Often misspelled as moonlite or moon light.

Same family: moon, light, moonlit, sunlight, starlight. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Moonlight” is a compound word formed from “moon” and “light,” and it has been used in English since at least the 1400s. The word is often associated with romance and mystery in poetry, songs, and stories.

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