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How to spell race

hear itrace/reɪs/nounSounds

What it means: A competition between runners or vehicles to see who is fastest.

In a sentence: The bunnies had a fun race in the garden.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as raec or rase.

Same family: races, raced, racing, runner, competition. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "race" comes from an Old Norse word related to "ras," meaning a rush or running. Over time, it came to mean any kind of contest of speed, not only in running but also in cars, boats, and even completing tasks quickly.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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