You are typing a message to a friend: “How are you faring?” Then you stop. Should it be fairing? The...

You are typing an email and stop mid-sentence: reinforce or reenforce? Both look right, and spell-check may not settle it...

Many writers pause when they type this word. Is it “transferring” or “transfering”? The spelling looks small, but it shows...

You are typing an email and stop. “I paid the invoice” or “I payed the invoice”? Many writers pause at...

You’re proofreading an email and stop at one word. Was the surgery “performed” or “preformed”? The two look almost identical,...

Typing “layed” and feeling unsure? You’re not alone. This is one of the most common spelling doubts in English, and...

Few spelling pairs cause as much doubt as dependant and dependent. They sound identical and look almost the same. Yet...

This confuses many people because “four” and “fourteen” both keep the letter U. It feels natural to write “fourty.” But...