How to spell towel

hear ittow·el/'taʊəl/nounLong vowels

What it means: A rectangular piece of absorbent cloth.

In a sentence: After swimming, I dry off with a big, fluffy towel.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as towell or towal.

Same family: towels, paper towel, bath towel, tea towel, hand towel. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Towel comes from Old French “toaille” and Old English forms related to cloth used for wiping. It’s been used for centuries to describe a special piece of fabric for drying the body or objects, especially after washing.

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