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'cal' is a common misspelling of 'cel'


The correct spelling of 'cel'

ends with the letters 'el'.

This incorrect spelling 'cal'

ends with the letters 'al'.

'cal' Spelling Rule

The endings '-el' and '-al' are often confused. The ending of 'cel' instead of 'cal' has been determined by a mixture of which language the root word originated from (French, German, Latin, Greek, etc). The -al endings generally correspond to Latin.

Definition of 'cel' not 'cal'

English

Alternative forms

* cell

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film.
  • * {{quote-news|year=2008|date=June 22|author=Michael Hirschorn|title=Success Story 2|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=After Jobs’s $5 million offer was rejected, the team attempted to do a deal with Disney , then a bastion of hand-painted cel animation.}}

    Derived terms

    * cel shading

    Anagrams

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    English words similar to 'cal':

    cool, cell, coal, call, col, cull, ceil, cowl, caul, coil, coll, cal, cel, cill, cawl