Here’s how the test worked: For each of the words, we gave you the definition, the language of origin and an audio recording of the word being pronounced. You could either guess the spelling or give ...

Brittany Kasko is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.

Ready for a really challenging quiz? Go take it if you dare, but brace yourself -- it’s tough: An adult spelling quiz: 5 of the hardest words in the English language It’s only five questions, but you ...

In recent years, an international team of linguists partnered with Merriam-Webster to analyze a decade’s worth of words. According to the linguists, nature and natural science accounted for 38% of ...

Everybody loves a good spelling test, especially when it’s the tough words that we all struggle with. We’ve put together a combination of commonly misspelled words, as well as some tough ones that you ...

This spelling quiz will put even the brightest minds to the test. It challenges you to fill in the blanks in 20 sentences and phrases by selecting the correctly spelled answer from a number of options ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Oxford English Dictionary estimates there are over 170,000 words in the English language, with an additional 47,000 obsolete words. Only a few other languages reportedly have more words than the ...

Everybody loves a good spelling test, especially when it’s the tough words that we all struggle with. We’ve put together a combination of commonly misspelled words, as well as some tough ones that you ...