How to spell similar

hear itsim·i·lar/'sɪmjələr/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Almost the same as someone or something else.

In a sentence: The two kittens look very similar with their fluffy fur.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as simular or similiar.

Same family: similarity, similarly, same, alike, resemble. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Similar” comes from Latin *similis*, meaning “like” or “resembling.” It is related to words like “simile” in poetry, where two things are compared using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

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