Scripps National Spelling Bee guide: How to watch, who the notable spellers are, rules and prizes By: Ben Nuckols, The Associated Press Posted: 11:18 PM CDT Sunday, May. 25, 2025 Last Modified: 2: ...

In 1662 the Royal Society was founded. It soon created a committee for ‘improving the English language’, including spelling reform.

The English language is notorious for complex spelling rules—and the many words that break them. We all know i comes before e, except, of course, in certain weird words like, well, weird.

Have you ever wondered why English spelling often seems to defy logic — like why choir and liar rhyme, but laughter and daughter don’t? In his new book, Gabe Henry explores this conundrum ...

Host Lisa Mullins talks about some of those efforts with Gabe Henry, author of the new book " Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell." Book excerpt: 'Enough is Enuf' ...

However, as languages go, English isn’t especially tough — if you want difficult, try Polish, Lithuanian or Navajo. A good deal of what frustrates English learners is the spellings.

Recent linguistic research reveals that English orthography is much more regular than what has hitherto been thought. The rationale behind English spelling is to be found in the phonological and ...

The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first bee was held in 1925, when the ...