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How to spell wring

hear itwring/rɪŋ/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: To twist and press something to remove liquid.

In a sentence: Please wring out the wet towel before you hang it up.

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent w. Often misspelled as ring or wrin.

Same family: wrings, wringing, wrung, twist, squeeze. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Wring” comes from Old English “wringan,” meaning to twist or press, and is related to words in German and Dutch with the same basic idea of twisting. The silent “w” is a leftover from older forms of English pronunciation that have since changed.

Patterns it uses: Silent letters

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