How to spell population

Population is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. From populate: drop the E and add -ION: pop-u-la-tion.

hear itpop·u·la·tion/,pɑpjə'leɪʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The number of inhabitants in a given area.

In a sentence: The population of ants in the garden is very large.

Same family: populated, overpopulation, depopulation, people. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Population” comes from the Latin word “populus,” meaning “people.” It entered English through French in the late Middle Ages and originally referred broadly to the people living in a place, long before it became a key term in modern statistics and demography.

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