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How to spell seven

Seven is spelled S-E-V-E-N.

What it means: The cardinal number after six.

In a sentence: I have seven colorful balloons. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: seventh, seventeenth, seventy, sevens, sevenfold. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Seven comes from Old English 'seofon', related to German 'sieben' and Latin 'septem'. Many cultures consider seven a special or lucky number, which is why it appears often in stories and traditions.

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