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How to spell teacher

What it means: A person who helps students learn in school.

In a sentence: The teacher read us a funny story. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as techer or teachar.

Same family: teaches, teaching, taught, teachers. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "teacher" comes from the Old English verb "tǣcan," meaning "to show or instruct." The ending "-er" was added to mean "a person who does something," so a teacher is literally "a person who teaches."

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