Reading is one of the best ways to learn how to spell. Spell check is a great way to learn certain spellings, but shouldn't be relied on entirely. Visit INSIDER's homepage for more stories. Thanks to ...

Sometimes a word can be so hard to spell that any attempts are too garbled for autocorrect to offer helpful suggestions. Whenever I find myself struggling to spell a word, I double-tap the Command key ...

Encouraging kindergartners’ attempts to spell unknown words on their own can help them become better readers, according to a recent study by two Canadian researchers. Gene Ouellette, an associate ...

On Twitter, the hashtags #SpellCheckWontSaveYou and #SpellCheckCantSaveYou aren’t particularly popular, clocking just a few dozen instances each over the past few years. But for word nerds or anyone ...

The recent article by Chronicle reporter Ericka Mellon about how schools are dropping weekly spelling tests in favor of teaching methods that focus less on memorization and more on understanding why ...

Some words are easier to spell than others. That's why it should come as no surprise that the most misspelled word in six different states is ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is here, representing one of the most vigorous - and prestigious - academic competitions in America. Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national ...

Oddly, "misspell," a not-particularly easy word to spell, is not on a recently released list of words Americans most often misspell. Using Google Trends search data from the start of the year through ...