How do you spell the word meaning loyalty?

The correct spelling of the word for loyalty is Allegiance: a-l-l-e-g-i-a-n-c-e, with two l's after the initial a, the vowel sequence -e-i- in the middle, and the ending -ance (not -ence). The word comes from the Anglo-Norman alegeance, from Old French ligeance, related to liege (a feudal lord owed loyalty), ultimately from a Germanic root.

The most common spelling errors are using one l (Alegiance), swapping the vowel order (Alleigance or Allegience), or ending in -ence (Allegience again). One memory aid: ALL-EE-GEE-ANCE, with two l's at the start (think "all") and -ance (think "chance") at the end.

On the USCIS writing test sentences containing allegiance appear in connection with the Pledge or the oath, such as "Citizens pledge allegiance to the flag," "What is the Pledge of Allegiance?" and "The oath of allegiance is in English." Allegiance, in U.S. civic life, means loyalty to the country and is the central commitment in two important texts: the Pledge of Allegiance ("I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands") and the Oath of Allegiance taken at the naturalization ceremony, which requires the new citizen to renounce all foreign allegiance and to bear true faith and allegiance to the United States.

The civics test asks several questions about the Pledge, the oath, and the meaning of allegiance. The Pledge of Allegiance text, codified at 4 U.S.C. section 4, was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy and adopted by Congress in 1942. The phrase "under God" was added by act of Congress in 1954.