How to spell produce

hear itpro·duce/prة™'dus/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: To create or yield something.

In a sentence: The apple tree will produce yummy fruit in the fall.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as pruduce or produece.

Same family: produced, produces, producing, production, product. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Produce” comes from Latin “producere,” meaning “to lead forward” or “bring forth.” Over time, English kept that idea of “bringing forth,” so the verb can mean to cause something (like a change in appearance) to happen or appear.

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