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How to spell sheet

Sheet is spelled S-H-E-E-T.

hear itsheet/ʃit/nounSounds

What it means: A large piece of paper or fabric.

In a sentence: The bird sat on a sheet of paper.

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Same family: worksheet, factsheet, cheat sheet, spreadsheet, sheeted. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Sheet comes from Old English "scēte," meaning a broad piece of cloth. It later expanded in meaning to include flat, thin pieces of material like a sheet of paper.

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