All Quizzes

This spelling quiz hands you a short clue and asks you to spell the tricky word it points to, with 10 to get through. A hint might be a melon, a military rank, or a second-year student, and your job is to write out the word that people so often get wrong. One to watch is sergeant. It sounds like "sarjent," yet it is spelled with ser at the front and geant at the end, a mismatch between sound and spelling that catches almost everyone off guard the first time. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten frequently misspelled words are waiting in this quiz, each one hinted at by a simpler synonym you already know. You read a word like absurd, advantage, or agreement and have to come up with, and correctly spell, the harder word that matches it. The standout troublemaker here is accommodate, which needs two cs and two ms. A simple way to remember is that the word is roomy enough to accommodate both sets of double letters, so when in doubt, add the extra one. Recommended level: intermediate.

This round serves up 10 words that trip people up, each prompted by a clue or a plain synonym. A prompt could be an adventurous voyage, anticipation, or antonym of professional, and you spell the word it describes. Keep an eye on amateur, which ends in the unusual eur because it came straight from French. That tail end is where the spelling usually falls apart, since English speakers expect it to finish in a more familiar way. Linking it to its French source, where it meant a lover of something, makes that ending easier to accept. Recommended level: intermediate.

Here you tackle 10 commonly misspelled words, each one introduced by a short hint. You might see assorted, assurance, or at last and have to write the trickier word that fits the meaning. A sneaky one is absorption. The verb is absorb with a b, but the noun quietly swaps it for a p. That single letter change is exactly where people slip, so it pays to pause before you reach the end. Saying the noun slowly in your head helps you catch the moment the b turns into a p. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten more spelling challenges appear in this quiz, with a clue pointing the way to each word. A hint such as aware, awful, or by chance sets you up to spell the word that matches. Watch out for harass, which people love to give two rs. In reality it has a single r and a double s, so it is less crowded than it looks. Picturing one r holding its ground is enough to keep it straight. It looks a little wrong no matter how you write it, so the rule is worth committing to memory. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz offers 10 words that are easy to say but surprisingly hard to spell, each tied to a short clue. You could get certainly, careful, or chain of command and need to spell the word it stands for. The classic trap here is definitely, so often written as "definately." The fix is to spot the word finite sitting right inside it. Once you see finite, the vowels fall into place and the wrong version stops looking right. It turns up in writing constantly, which is why getting it right makes a noticeable difference. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten tricky words round out this set, each one cued by a synonym or a short description. A prompt might be confection, cleverness, or corresponding, leaving the spelling for you to nail down. A satisfying one is parallel. The two ls sit side by side in the middle of the word, almost like a pair of parallel lines, which gives you a built-in picture for where the doubled letter goes. After that doubled pair, a single l finishes the word, so only the middle gets the twin treatment. Recommended level: intermediate.

This vocabulary quiz gives you 10 words and asks you to match each one with the synonym that means almost the same thing. You will see a single word like determination or discrepancy and pick the closest match, so it is handy if you want to grow the range of words you use day to day. A small detail that makes studying easier is that the words are listed in alphabetical order, so you can move through them in a steady, predictable way. Some of the pairs are a little sneaky, where two words that sound nothing alike actually carry the same meaning, so read each option carefully before you choose. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

Here is a 10-question synonym quiz where each prompt is a single word and your job is to find the option that means the same thing. You might get diversity or dramatist and then choose the best match, which makes it a nice way to widen your vocabulary without much fuss. The words follow alphabetical order, running through the d and e range, so it is easy to find your place if you come back to review later. Watch out for a few pairs where the everyday word and its synonym look completely different on paper but still point to the same idea. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

This quiz works through 10 words people regularly misspell, each one hinted at by a near-synonym. You read something like essential, event, or evident and supply the correctly spelled match. The big one to mind is occurrence, which doubles up on both letters: two cs and two rs. Dropping either pair is the usual mistake, and it happens to be one of the most misspelled words in everyday writing. Saying each part slowly, oc-cur-rence, reminds you to keep both pairs in place. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten frequently misspelled words show up here, each one pointed to by a simple clue. A hint like famous, free time, or family member asks you to write out the trickier word it stands for. One that fools people is aficionado. It looks like it should have a double f, but it keeps just one, a leftover from its Spanish roots. The same single f is what makes it so easy to get wrong. Once you accept the single f, the rest of the word follows its sounds fairly closely. Recommended level: intermediate.

This set asks you to spell 10 troublesome words, each one cued by a plainer term. You might face give way, glowing, or happening and have to produce the right spelling. A surprise here is barbecue, which is properly spelled with a c, even though the q version shows up on signs and menus everywhere. The original spelling keeps the c, so the casual "barbeque" is the odd one out. If you picture the word coming from its Caribbean roots, the c starts to feel a lot more natural. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten more spelling puzzles wait in this quiz, with a clue leading you to each word. A prompt such as hobby, home appliance, or inquiring sets up the word you need to spell. Here is an odd one: refrigerator has no d anywhere in it, even though its short form fridge clearly does. The full word and its nickname simply refuse to match, which trips up plenty of confident spellers. Saying the long form out loud, with no d in earshot, is the quickest way to remember. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz collects 10 words that are notorious for spelling slip-ups, each tied to a clue. You could see landscape, language rules, or lecturer and need to write the matching word. A genuinely surprising one is bellwether, meaning a leader. It comes from a wether, a male sheep that once led the flock while wearing a bell, so it has nothing to do with the weather despite how often people spell it that way. Picturing that bell-wearing sheep is a memorable way to stop the second half from drifting into weather. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten commonly botched words appear here, each one introduced by a short hint. A clue like matrimony, limit, or little points to a word you then spell out. The one to remember is minuscule, often written as "miniscule." Since it traces back to the word minus, the correct middle is nus, not "nis." Linking it to minus in your head is the easiest way to keep it right. It is one of the few words where trusting the sound leads you straight into the wrong spelling. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz puts 10 spelling traps in front of you, each cued by a synonym or a description. You might get mixes air with gasoline, musical instrument, or melt and have to spell the answer. A common miss is liquefy, which most people write as "liquify." Despite that i sound in the middle, the word takes an e instead, putting it in the small club of words that keep an e before the fy. Pairing it with putrefy and stupefy, which behave the same way, helps the e stick. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten more misspelled words are on deck, each one prompted by a clue. A hint such as officer, obligatory, or one who shares a room leads to the word you must spell. The wildest entry is colonel, which is pronounced exactly like "kernel" yet written c-o-l-o-n-e-l. The sound and the spelling barely seem related, a quirk left behind by the word's twisting path through French and Italian. There is no clean rule for it, so this is simply a word to learn by sight. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz features 10 words that are surprisingly hard to spell, each linked to a clue. A prompt like opulence, oppression, or part of a table sets you up to write the right word. The toughest here is rhythm, which gets by with no standard vowels at all. The single y does the work that a, e, i, o, u usually handle, which is why so many people freeze halfway through it. A common memory trick reads it as rhythm helps your two hips move, one word per letter. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten frequently misspelled words round out this quiz, each one cued by a simpler term. You could see periodical, playful, or picky and need to spell the word that matches. A helpful one is conscience, which hides the whole word science inside it. Spotting that buried word makes the back half easy to get right, and it neatly separates conscience from the similar-looking conscious. Holding the two apart in your mind keeps you from mixing up where each one ends, since the two look almost identical at the start. Recommended level: intermediate.

This set asks you to spell 10 tricky words, each one introduced by a clue. A prompt such as proof of payment, puzzling, or proliferate points to the word you write out. An easy one to slip on is truly. It comes from true but quietly drops the e, so there is no "truely" even though your ear expects one. A handful of words do this, and truly is the one people miss most. Its cousin duly behaves the same way, dropping the e from due. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten more spelling challenges fill this quiz, each one pointed to by a short hint. You might get right away, salaried, or satisfactory and have to produce the correct spelling. A real curveball is supersede, the only common English word that ends in sede. People reach for "cede" out of habit, since so many words use it, but this one stands completely alone with its s. Knowing it is the lone sede word turns a tricky spelling into an easy one to recall. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz lines up 10 words that catch spellers out, each one tied to a clue. A hint like scheme, scatter, or shaft leads to the word you then spell. A tough one is maneuver, with its unusual eu in the middle. The British version, manoeuvre, piles on even more vowels, so the American spelling is the friendlier of the two, though it still throws people off. Breaking it into man-eu-ver gives you a foothold on that slippery vowel cluster, one syllable at a time. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten commonly misspelled words appear in this quiz, each one cued by a synonym. You could see speak to, surpass, or sovereign and need to write the word it stands for. A rule-breaker shows up here: weird. It ignores the old "i before e" guideline entirely, going with ei even though there is no c nearby. That is exactly why the word itself feels a little weird to spell. Treating it as a proud exception is easier than trying to force it into the rule. Recommended level: intermediate.

This quiz offers 10 spelling puzzles, each one introduced by a clue. A prompt such as temperature scale, timetable, or surroundings sets up the word you spell. A sneaky one is environment, where the n in the middle often vanishes in writing. It belongs there because the word grows out of environ, so the n stays put no matter how quietly it is pronounced. Sounding out en-vi-ron-ment, with the n clearly in place, settles it quickly and stops the missing-letter version from sneaking in. Recommended level: intermediate.

Ten more tricky words wait in this quiz, each one pointed to by a short clue. You might get top limit, to welcome, or to trust and have to spell the matching word. There is a fitting joke buried here: the clue to spell incorrectly leads to misspell, a word people misspell all the time. It is simply mis plus spell, and joining the two is what gives it the double s in the middle. It is a neat reminder that even short, familiar pieces can combine into a word people botch. Recommended level: intermediate.

This is the longest spelling quiz of the bunch, with 17 words to work through instead of the usual ten. A clue like unbelievable, well done, or workout points to a word you then spell out, so it packs in extra practice in a single sitting. The notorious entry is separate, so often written as "seperate." A simple fix is to notice there is a rat sitting in the middle of it. Once you can see the rat, the correct vowels stop being a guessing game. Recommended level: intermediate.