Faeries or Fairies

faerie has its origin from Latin , it is also termed as fairies ( Fata) = host of supernatural beings living in Limbo. This usage belongs to Victorian age. If you read Hamlet you shall find between earth and heaven. please refer http://faerie.monstrous.com#Toc_524843379.

If you need further and if you are interested you may browse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy. I just say what I read in this site , the word derives fro the middle English faierie , it is borrowed from French. I do not say further because if I say it will be a recitation of what is written in the site and not my stuff. So better browse the site if it can be useful to you

I've always seen the word spelled "fairy." To me magic is not in the spelling, it's in the story. Eye kood right sumthing lik dis, & u'd stil no wat i'm sayin. LOL OK that's a little extreme, but if someone read that line to me aloud without changing their vocal expression, I wouldn't care how it was spelled.

I'm not sure about this but I think maybe Faerie was originally a Celtic spelling, and over the years, as with many original or ancient words, it changed to fairy. If not Celtic, it could even be Anglo-Saxon, a mix of Celtic and Norse. All I know is that whenever I read about the little creatures in older text, it's spelt faerie, and in more modern texts, it's fairy. Don't take that as fact... it's my logic at work. he he. Hope you're well my dear friend. Brightest Blessings.

Same reason there's two spellings of tires/tyres... I agree that "faerie" seems more magical.

Hi, raydene. I have always spelled it fairy. I think that the reason why that it is spelled faerie is because it is from an old book in the old ages. I have spelled it fairy because in the books from my school when I was younger that was how it was spelled.