How to spell wolves

Wolves is spelled W-O-L-V-E-S.

hear it/wʊlvz/nounLong vowels

What it means: Wild canines known for their pack behavior.

In a sentence: The wolves howled at the full moon.

Same family: wolf, wolfish, wolfpack, werewolf, canine. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Wolves comes from the Old English word “wulf,” and the irregular plural keeps an old pattern where the letter f changes to v before adding -es. This same f-to-v change also appears in words like “leaves” (from leaf) and “knives” (from knife).

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