An adult spelling quiz: 5 of the hardest words in the English language

In recent years, an international team of linguists partnered with Merriam-Webster to analyze a decade’s worth of words.

According to the linguists, nature and natural science accounted for 38% of misspelled words, followed by words related to medicine, arts, politics and law.

Read the full story here: The hardest-to-spell words in the English language

We took the list from the above report, showing the most challenging words to spell -- complete with phonetic pronunciations and definitions -- and made the quick spelling test below. Leave your score in the comments, and then challenge a friend or your mom. Good l-u-c-k!

This story was first published in 2019. It has since been updated.