How to spell wreckage

Wreckage is spelled W-R-E-C-K-A-G-E.

hear itwreck·age/'rɛkɪdʒ/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The remains of something that has been destroyed.

In a sentence: The pirate ship sank, leaving its wreckage on the ocean floor.

Same family: wrecked, wrecking, shipwreck, ruin, debris. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Wreckage” comes from the word “wreck,” which traces back through Middle English and Anglo-French to Old Norse roots meaning ‘to push’ or ‘to drive.’ The suffix “-age” turns the verb into a noun for the result or collection of broken pieces, so wreckage literally means ‘the stuff that has been wrecked.’

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