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How to spell participation

hear itpar·tic·i·pa·tion/pɑr,tɪsə'peɪʃən/nounHidden vowels

What it means: The act of taking part in something.

In a sentence: Participation in the school play was really fun!

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as particpation or participiation.

Same family: participate, participating, participated, participant, participatory. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Participation” comes from Latin roots meaning “to take a part in something.” It entered English via Middle French in the 15th century and has long been used in philosophy and politics to describe sharing in power, rights, or activities.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · -tion, -sion or -cian?

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