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How to spell tie

Tie is spelled T-I-E.

What it means: To fasten or secure something.

In a sentence: I will tie a bow on my gift. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for the order of ie.

Same family: ties, tied, tying, connection, relationship. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Tie comes from Old English "tīgan," meaning to fasten or bind. Over time, the idea of physically tying things together expanded into the modern sense of social or business relationships that ‘bind’ people or groups.

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