How to spell parent

hear itpar·ent/'pɜrənt/nounStarter

What it means: A mother or father of a child.

In a sentence: My parent helps me with my homework.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as perent or parant.

Same family: parenting, parents, co-parent, single-parent, parental. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Parent comes from Old French and Latin words meaning 'to bring forth' or 'to produce.' Over time, English also began using it as a verb, meaning to raise and care for a child.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Words like this

where · whose · seven · tomorrow · cousin · uncle · table · people

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.