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How to spell selection

Selection is spelled S-E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N. Select plus -ION: the C and T of select both stay, se-lec-tion.

What it means: A choice or variety of items.

In a sentence: The ice cream shop had a big selection of flavors to choose from. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: selected, selective, selectional, selection process, reselection. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Selection” comes from Latin *selectio*, from *seligere* meaning “to choose out.” The same root also gives us words like “select,” “selected,” and “selective,” all linked to the idea of careful choosing.

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