How to spell space

Space is spelled S-P-A-C-E.

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What it means: The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere.

In a sentence: The astronaut traveled to outer space.

Same family: spaces, spacing, spaced, spacious, spaceless. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Space” comes from Latin “spatium,” meaning a room, distance, or interval. Printers later used it for the tiny metal blocks that create the empty gaps between printed words.

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