How to spell spread

hear itspread/sprɛd/verbRules and real life

What it means: To apply evenly over a surface.

In a sentence: Please spread the butter on the toast.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as spred or spraid.

Same family: spreads, spreading, spreadable, widespread, outspread. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Spread” comes from Old English “sprǣdan,” meaning to stretch out or extend. It is related to old Germanic words for ‘to strew’ or ‘to scatter,’ keeping the idea of something opened or extended wide.

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