How to spell particular

hear itpar·tic·u·lar/pər'tɪkjələr/adjectiveLong vowels

What it means: Specific or distinct from others.

In a sentence: I am looking for a particular toy in my toy box.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as perticular or particuler.

Same family: particularly, particularity, in particular, specific, exact. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Particular” comes from Latin *particularis*, meaning “of a part” or “individual,” from *pars* meaning “part.” Over time, its meaning shifted from “separate or individual” to also describing people who pay close attention to small details.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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