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How to spell shipping

Shipping is spelled S-H-I-P-P-I-N-G. Ship + ing: the short I makes the P double, ship-ping.

What it means: The act of transporting goods from place to place.

In a sentence: The toy boat is ready for shipping across the blue ocean. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p.

Same family: shipment, shipper, cargo, freight. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “shipping” comes from the Old English word “scip,” meaning ‘ship,’ and originally referred only to transport by sea; today, businesses also use it more broadly for moving goods in many ways, even when no actual ship is involved.

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