Your cheat sheet for 30 of the most difficult words to spell. Let's face it. Some words are just not spelled how they sound, and unless you're a spelling bee champion, you may need a little bit of ...

Analysis: Here's the reason why you've problems with words like 'equipment', 'occurrence' or 'accomodation' ...

The English language is filled with confusing and hard-to-spell words. If you’ve had to think twice or consult a dictionary or Google before writing a certain word, you’re not alone. We consulted ...

STORY: Why is English so hard to spell? There are clear differences between how words are written and how they are said. If English is your first language you may not realize it’s not that normal. In ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee returns this week as students from around the United States show off their smarts at the 95th annual spelling competition. The 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

Words are tricky. Not everything is spelled phonetically. Unique spellings just add special character to a place. In a way, these are our words. Sometimes, the only way to learn how to spell words is ...

Even in the age of Grammarly, spelling can be, well, difficult and, at times, even somewhat embarrassing. These grammatical miscues vary from state to state, according to a new study. Earlier this ...

Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. Using Google Trends search data from the start of the year through ...

Scripps’ most difficult words stumped the final two contestants of the National Spelling Bee, sending them to the first lightning-round tiebreaker in almost 100 years of Scripps Spelling Bees. Turns ...

Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the competition two years ago. "It's ...

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