How to spell player

hear itplay·er/'pleɪər/nounLong vowels

What it means: someone who takes part in an activity

In a sentence: The player kicked the ball into the goal.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as plaer or playerr.

Same family: play, playing, played, playful, playground. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Player comes from the verb “play” plus the suffix “-er,” which means “a person who does something.” In Old English, similar forms like “plegian” meant to exercise or frolic, so a “player” was originally just someone who took part in lively activity.

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