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NEW! Folk Etymology
Did you know that crawfish started out as French écrevisse? What happened? Speakers like to change foreign words into English-sounding ones. Read all about it here.

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alphaDictionary has teamed up with Collins and Powell's Books to build a cozy little book shop all about language and words. It carries the Collins language dictionaries plus books from Dr. Goodword's own library, used to create the daily Good Word.

NEW! Rhyming Compounds
Ever wondered about those sing-song words in English like, well, sing-song, fuddy-duddy and lickety-split? Enjoy our list and Dr. Goodword's insights into where they come from and how they tick.

Miss Spelling's Spelling Center
A real-time Spelling Bee with sound! Still the complete toolbox to fix all your problems with words. Now with 250 most often confused English word pairs (false cognates).

NEW! FALSE COGNATES GAMES
Identify the false cognate (false friend) in an English riddle for fun and language practice.
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