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How to spell wreck

hear itwreck/rɛk/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: A ship, car, or building that has been destroyed.

In a sentence: The pirate ship turned into a wreck after the storm.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as rek or wrek.

Same family: shipwreck, wrecked, wreckage, wrecker. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Wreck” comes from Old Norse and Old English words meaning ‘to drive’ or ‘to push’—originally used for ships driven onto rocks by storms, which is why it still strongly suggests a ship destroyed at sea.

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