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How to spell society

hear itso·ci·e·ty/sə'saɪɪti/nounLong vowels

What it means: A group of people living together in an organized way.

In a sentence: Our society works together to make things better.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear, and the order of ie. Often misspelled as socety or sociey.

Same family: social, socially, sociable, sociology, sociologist. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Society” comes from Latin *societas*, meaning ‘association, fellowship, alliance,’ from *socius*, ‘companion’ or ‘ally.’ It’s related to words like “social” and “sociable,” all focused on people being together.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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