Posts Tagged ‘dictionary’

100 Most Often Misspelled Words

Over at yourDictionary.com, it has a good reference on the top 100 often misspelled words for English. On top of the word list, it also describes the reason of why it is easy to misspell. Examples such as:

changeable: The verb “change” keeps its [e] here to indicate that the [g] is soft, not hard. (That is also why “judgement” is the correct spelling of this word, no matter what anyone… » Continue

September 25 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: dictionary, word | 1 comment»

Finding related words and phrases

OneLook Dictionary Search is a cool service that able you to search a list of related words or phrases from a word and concept:

OneLook’s reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. Just type it into the box above and hit… » Continue

September 6 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: dictionary, online, search, tool, writing | 3 comments»