Can you get 10/10 in this simple spelling test, which is much harder than it looks? Credit: Getty - Contributor. Terry Stein has picked 10 everyday, but commonly misspelled words.

With words like esquamulose, staphylococci and Laodicean, winning the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee has never been easy. This year, the competition is getting an added twist — in addition ...

You probably haven't taken a spelling test since grade school. Take our quiz to see if you know how to use these 4th grade spelling words.

Answers to the Adult Level Spelling Test 1. dumbbell You can use the rule for compound words to help you spell this word correctly: both words (dumb and bell) must stand alone as a free morpheme.

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