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 lists

Doubled consonant before -ed
stopped, equipped, distilled

Doubled consonant before -er
redder, gladder, propeller

Doubled consonant before -ing
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.

How do you spell banana?

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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.

Spelling games online

mobile-friendly ESL games

Play word scrambles to test your spelling:

Test yourself with these fun spelling quizzes that you can do online or on paper!
I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.Mark Twain