'Believe', 'separate' and 'surprise' are some of the most commonly used words in the English language yet they are commonly misspelt. Why is that? What's so difficult about spelling English words that ...

The longest word in any major English dictionary is 45 letters long! The word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisand it is the name of a medical ...

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, lots of ...

While we used to reach for a dictionary when we came across a word we couldn't spell a much more immediate answer now rests at the touch of a button - thanks to Google. The world wide web has brought ...

Learning a language is often tricky, particularly when it comes to spelling new words. "The Spell As You Pronounce Universal Project" (SAYPU) wants everyone to spell words the way they are pronounced ...

Most of us wouldn’t even know how to pronounce those words, let alone spell them. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a week away and it is sure to be filled with a plethora of problematic words. An ...

There are two ways to spell check in Google Docs. You can right-click as you go to receive spelling or grammar suggestions from Google's automatic spell checking algorithm. Alternatively, you can also ...