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How to spell most

hear itmost/moʊst/adverbSounds

What it means: To the greatest extent or degree.

In a sentence: The sun is the most beautiful in the evening sky.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as moast or mosst.

Same family: mostly, almost, at most, at the most, utmost. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Most” comes from Old English “māst,” related to “more” and “many,” and originally meant “greatest in size or amount.” It is part of the same old comparison family as “much → more → most.”

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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