With only six letters, “dilate” really shouldn’t be one of the hard words to spell, but the way people usually pronounce it can throw spellers for a loop. Many people say “dilate” as ...

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

Some words can be more difficult to learn to spell than others. It's important to practise reading and spelling these tricky words so you get them right. You need to practice reading these tricky ...

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and the author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," took four months to define the word "god." Following is a transcript of the video.