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How to spell whole

Whole is spelled W-H-O-L-E.

What it means: Entire or complete.

In a sentence: He ate the whole apple for lunch. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Not to be confused with: hole, a different word.

Same family: wholly, wholeness, unharmed, intact, entire. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Whole” comes from Old English “hal,” meaning ‘uninjured’ or ‘sound,’ which is also the source of the modern word “heal.” This is why “whole,” “heal,” and “health” are historically related in meaning.

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