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How to spell realistic

Realistic is spelled R-E-A-L-I-S-T-I-C.

What it means: Showing things as they are in life.

In a sentence: Painting a realistic picture of a tiger takes skill. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: real, reality, realism, realist, realistically. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Realistic” comes from the noun “realism,” which developed from the Latin word *realis*, meaning “actual” or “thing-like.” It originally described a style of art that tried to show life as it truly is, not in an ideal or romantic way.

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