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'Y' is a common misspelling of 'Y'


The correct spelling of 'Y'

ends with the letter 'y'.

This incorrect spelling 'Y'

ends with the letter 'i'.

'Y' Spelling Rule

In the early Modern English period, words ending in 'i' were changed to end in 'y'. For example, mani, veri, beauti and marri were changed to many, very, beauty and marry. This explains why some words containing a y, feature an i in their plural or past tense form. For example, try, tried; baby, babies; marry, marries.

Definition of 'Y' not 'Y'

Translingual

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Letter

  • The twenty-fifth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script)

    Symbol

    (Close front rounded vowel) (head)
  • Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
  • close front rounded vowel
  • Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.

    • See also

    {{Letter |page=Y |NATO=Yankee |Morse=–·–– |Character=Y |Braille=? }} Image:Latin Y.png|Capital and lowercase versions of Y , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter Y.png|Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur ----

    'Y' is a common misspelling of 'Y'


    The correct spelling of 'Y'

    ends with the letter 'y'.

    This incorrect spelling 'Y'

    ends with the letters 'ie'.

    'Y' Spelling Rule

    In the early Modern English period, words ending in 'i' were changed to end in 'y'. For example, mani, veri, beauti and marri were changed to many, very, beauty and marry. This explains why some words containing a y, feature the letters 'ie' in their plural or past tense form. For example, try, tried; baby, babies; marry, marries.

    Definition of 'Y' not 'Y'

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info|previous=x|next=z|image= (wikipedia)

    Letter

  • The twenty-fifth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script)

    Symbol

    (Close front rounded vowel) (head)
  • Symbol for the prefix yocto-.
  • close front rounded vowel
  • Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.

    • See also

    {{Letter |page=Y |NATO=Yankee |Morse=–·–– |Character=Y |Braille=? }} Image:Latin Y.png|Capital and lowercase versions of Y , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter Y.png|Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur ----

    English words similar to 'Y':

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