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How to spell trap

hear ittrap/træp/nounSounds

What it means: A device for catching animals.

In a sentence: The mouse tried to run away from the trap.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as trapp or tarp.

Same family: traps, trapped, trapping, trapper, entrap. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Trap comes from an Old English word meaning a snare or device for catching animals. Over time, its meaning expanded so we now use it for both physical traps and situations that feel like they ‘catch’ or confine people.

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