They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.
An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
A simple trick to keep them separate
What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.
