The English language is filled with confusing and hard-to-spell words. If you’ve had to think twice or consult a dictionary ...

Over the last thousand years English spelling has been influenced by lots of different languages, including French, German and Latin. Because English has borrowed words from other languages ...

Um, may I hear that in a sentence? Every year, the Scripps National Spelling Bee crowns a new whiz-kid winner and introduces the country to a word they’ve likely never heard of — let alone ...

Sarv Dharavane, a DeKalb County fifth grader, has learned thousands of words in his time competing in spelling bees, including one that sums up his experience: difficile. It means difficult or ...

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