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How to spell pants

What it means: Clothing worn on the lower body.

In a sentence: My favorite color of pants is blue. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as pents or pantss.

Same family: pant, pantsuit, underpants, shorts, trousers. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "pants" comes from "pantaloons," a type of men’s tight trousers popular in the 17th century, named after Pantalone, a comic character in Italian theater. Over time, English speakers shortened "pantaloons" to "pants," which is now the common everyday term.

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