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How to spell stuffed animal

What it means: A toy animal filled with soft material.

In a sentence: I hugged my favorite stuffed animal tightly. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double f. Often misspelled as stuff animal or stufed animal.

Same family: toy, plush toy, teddy bear, doll, blanket. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The phrase "stuffed animal" comes from the practice of "stuffing" fabric shapes with soft material like cotton or wool. One of the most famous early stuffed animals is the "teddy bear," named after U.S. President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt in the early 1900s.

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