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How to spell where

Where is spelled W-H-E-R-E.

What it means: Used to ask about a place or location.

In a sentence: Where is the little puppy hiding? ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Not to be confused with: ware, wear, a different word.

Same family: wherever, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, whereabouts. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Where” comes from Old English “hwǣr,” which also began with an “hw” sound like many question words. Over time, the order of the sounds flipped to “wh,” but the spelling stayed, which is why it looks similar to other question words like “what” and “when.”

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Words like this

whose · one · to · ear · some · hear · hour · were

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