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How to spell sweet

Sweet is spelled S-W-E-E-T.

What it means: Having a pleasant taste like sugar.

In a sentence: The candy was sweet and tasty. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e.

Not to be confused with: suite, a different word.

Same family: sweetwater, freshwater, non-salty, potable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: In this meaning, “sweet” goes back to an Old English word that covered several pleasant tastes, including what we now call fresh water. Sailors and explorers often used “sweet water” historically to contrast it with the salty water of the sea.

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