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How to spell winner

What it means: A person who finishes first in a contest or game.

In a sentence: The winner gets a shiny gold medal. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double n. Often misspelled as winer or winnerr.

Same family: wins, winning, won, winnings. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Winner” comes from the Old English verb “winnan,” which meant to struggle, fight, or work hard. Over time, the meaning shifted from the effort itself to the person who succeeds, giving us the modern sense of a ‘winner.’

Patterns it uses: Double the consonant before a suffix?

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