STORY: Why is English so hard to spell? There are clear differences between how words are written and how they are said. If English is your first language you may not realize it’s not that normal. In ...

In the days leading up to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the most difficult-to-spell words in the English language have been revealed, CNN reports. An international team of linguists who work for ...

Analysis: Here's the reason why you've problems with words like 'equipment', 'occurrence' or 'accomodation' There are some words which are very hard to spell. It could be 'strict' or 'superfluous' or ...

More than 7100 languages are spoken in the world right now. Some are spoken widely and some are not. If we think about the hardest language in the world, the very first language that comes to our mind ...

Undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated events of the year, the final round of the Scripps Spelling Bee aired on Thursday and a new winner has officially been crowned. Only 16 of the record ...

I am often asked why English is such a difficult to learn for non-native speakers. In fact, how hard it is to learn depends on what your native language is; and this follows as languages are more (or ...

Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the competition two years ago. "It's ...