Spelling instruction has waned in recent years. Literacy experts explain why schools need to revive it.

In particular, multiple studies have shown that orthographic-semantic (O-S) consistency—how similar in meaning a word is to its orthographically similar neighbors—plays a crucial role in how ...

At the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year, whiz kids will not only have to correctly spell the curve-ball words thrown at them but also to define them.

How would you go spelling feuilleton, stichomythia, cymotrichous, or appoggiatura? More importantly, do you know the meaning of these words, and could you use them in a sentence?