The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Mr. Tersigni is a cultural critic. Have you ever obeyed the suggestions of a digital writing assistant to replace a word or restructure a sentence without knowing how, why or even if it made your ...

Windows currently has a feature where if you mis-spell a word in Word, it will auto-correct it. A quick example would be 'teh', which will auto-correct to 'the'. This spelling auto-correct seems to ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...

OXON HILL, Md. — As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee's word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care. Before ...

Once you save this setting, Word will perform spell checks using the main dictionary only. Now let’s see how to do this in MS Outlook. 2] Limit spell checks to main dictionary in Microsoft Outlook MS ...

Spelling lists. Spelling tests. Spelling bees. Adults of a certain age who remember anything about elementary school likely recall spelling as central to their literacy instruction. That’s not ...

All computers come with spellcheckers and iPhones autocorrect their users’ texts. But despite those everyday features, formal spelling instruction still pays off, the findings of a new study suggest.

Adieu, Dictionary: We Now Rely on Autocorrect, Spell-Check, and Google A study reveals the spelling practices (or lack thereof) used in today’s electronic messages. And Google has all but replaced the ...

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.