Spelling
100 Commonly Misspelled Words
Correct spelling for 100 hard to spell words
Spelling Rules
The following rules can help you to decode the mysteries of English spelling.
Doubled consonant before -ed
stopped, equipped, distilled
Doubled consonant before -er
redder, gladder, propeller
winning, spamming, formatting
Magic E and no Magic E minimal pairs
not note, strip stripe, glut glute
British and American Spelling
colour, color; practise, practice; tyre, tire
Spell Checker Dangers
This fun poem shows the dangers of relying too much on a spellchecker.
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Silent Letters in English
Letters like b in debt, k in knife, b in comb, or h in hour
English is Not Phonetic
Spelling and pronunciation are not the same in English.
"Ghoti" = "Fish"
English is not phonetic. Why you can't tell how to pronounce a word by looking at its spelling.
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I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.Mark Twain