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How to spell station

Station is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The SHUN sound is spelled TION, as in nation: sta-tion.

What it means: A place where trains stop for passengers to board.

In a sentence: Let's meet at the train station. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: stationed, stationing, stationary, stationery, substation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Station” comes from Latin *statio*, meaning “a standing place” or “outpost.” Over time, English speakers began using it as a verb, meaning to place or assign a person to a particular post or position.

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