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How to spell plane

Plane is spelled P-L-A-N-E.

hear itplane/pleɪn/nounSounds

What it means: A vehicle that flies in the air.

In a sentence: The plane flew high in the blue sky.

Not to be confused with: plain, a different word.

Same family: hand plane, block plane, jack plane, planer, woodworking. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: This kind of "plane" comes from Latin "planus," meaning "flat" or "level," because the tool makes wood surfaces flat. The same root also appears in words like "plain" and "plane" in mathematics (a flat surface).

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