How to spell porch

hear itporch/poʊrʧ/nounLong vowels

What it means: A covered area attached to a building.

In a sentence: We like to sit on the porch and watch the sunset.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as porche or porchh.

Same family: porches, front-porch, back-porch, veranda, patio. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Porch comes from Old French “porche,” from Latin “porticus,” meaning a covered walk or colonnade. It’s related to the Latin word “porta,” meaning gate or door, which makes sense because a porch is at the entrance to a building.

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