How to spell recovery

hear itre·cov·er·y/rɪ'kəvəri/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: The process of getting better after an illness.

In a sentence: After his cold, Timmy's recovery was quick, and he felt happy to play again.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as recovary or recoverye.

Same family: recovered, recovering, recoverable, reclamation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Recovery” comes from the Medieval Latin word *recuperare*, meaning “to get back” or “to regain.” Over time, English speakers shortened and changed the form, but the core idea of getting something back—health, money, or data—has stayed the same.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · Prefixes keep every letter

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