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How do you spell Yesterday?

Correct spelling

yesterday

YESTER + DAY.

Why is yesterday spelled this way?

From Old English giestran (yester) + daeg (day). The YESTER prefix is one of the oldest time-words in English, surviving only in yesterday and a few archaic forms.

Common misspellings of yesterday

yesturdayyestardayyeseterdayyesterdey

Example

I saw her yesterday.

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