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How to spell speak

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What it means: exchange thoughts; talk with

In a sentence: It's fun to speak with your friends at lunch.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as speek or speeky.

Same family: speaks, speaking, spoken, speaker, speech. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Speak” comes from Old English “sprecan” or “specan,” meaning ‘to speak, utter words.’ It is related to the word “speech,” which developed from a closely connected Old English form.

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