We pronounce the letter i like eye if the word ends in an e-except in words like give. Unsurprisingly, even native English ...

While English spelling includes many exceptions, we compiled a basic guide, based on the Oxford Online Dictionary's American component, to help you avoid the most common mistakes. 1. Using "ei" vs ...

Unsurprisingly, a competition as renowned as the national spelling bee comes with several rules. There's more to it than simply spelling words correctly, as contestants traverse several rounds of ...

Spelling has nothing to do with intelligence, so why do we keep acting like it does? By Kasey Edwards Updated September 25, 2017 — 8.57pm first published at 12.15am ...

The familiar grade school mnemonic is a “supreme, and for many people solitary, spelling rule,” linguist Edward Carney wrote in “A survey of English spelling.”Its primacy has been ...

This post was part of a lively debate WIRED hosted on the role of spelling "rules" in the Internet era. Without question, the advent of digital media has changed how we read and write.

"The i before e rule is not worth teaching. It applies only to words in which the ie or ei stands for a clear ee sound. Unless this is known, words such as sufficient and veil look like exceptions ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee rules 2025. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a comprehensive list of rules for the 2025 competition, but generally speaking, the rules are as follows: ...