Question

From the given options, pick the correct spelling of the word;
A) woolen
B) woolan
C) woollen
D) none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Try listening to the correct pronunciation of this word from different people, so from the sounds used, you should be able to understand the way to spell it. Also check which spelling your syllabus uses, if your syllabus follows UK English it is a certain spelling and if it's US English it is an alternate spelling. Here the meaning of the word is; any piece of clothing that is made out of wool.

Complete answer:
Now how do we find the right spelling of the word that means ‘some piece of clothing that is made out of wool’. For this purpose let us look at each option which could be the potential spelling, carefully;
Consider option (A) woolen; this is incorrect, we follow the UK English spellings, so as per this we are missing an ‘l’ which can be clearly heard in its phonetics.
Consider option (B) woolan; this is incorrect as well; because clearly the vowel ‘a’ is not possible when we listen carefully to the pronunciation of this word.
Consider option (C) woollen; this is correct, as the extra ‘l’ is placed correctly and there is no vowel ‘a’ but the right vowel ‘e’ which can be heard while listening carefully to the pronunciation of this word.
Consider option (D) none of the above; this option is incorrect because we already found the correct answer in one of the options above. So this is irrelevant.

The correct spelling of the word that means ‘a wool made piece of clothing’ is ‘woollen’.

Therefore the correct answer is option (c) woollen.

Note: Some spellings cannot be remembered if we see it once. So when you speak with your colleagues or friends regularly, try to incorporate new vocabulary into daily conversations. Also try to read books and online sources, newspapers or other guides; this will help familiarize words with confusing spellings. Make sure you keep track of the differences between the UK English spellings and US English spellings, since that is what can confuse us most of the time. Also keep track of the noun forms and adjective forms of each word; this can increase your understanding on spellings.