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How to spell shopping

Shopping is spelled S-H-O-P-P-I-N-G. The part people get wrong: double P.

hear itshop·ping/'ʃɑpɪŋ/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: Searching for or buying goods or services.

In a sentence: Mom and I are going shopping for new shoes.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p.

Same family: shopper, shopped, shopkeepers, shopping center, window shopping. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Shopping comes from the word "shop," which goes back to Old English "sceoppa," meaning a booth or stall. The -ing ending turns it into the activity of buying things, a use that became common in the 18th and 19th centuries as city stores and markets grew.

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