Words & Writing

Dictionary of obscure words

An Online Writing Sample Content and Readability Analyzer: analyze your writing and get statistics on words you use most frequently, word and sentence length, readability, punctuation usage, and more.

Estimates the readability of a passage of text using the Flesch Reading Ease, Fog Scale Level, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, and other metrics.

A complete website for learning about English and French words. You can test your vocabulary level, then work on the words at the level where you are weak. Use wordlists, online concordancer and dictionaries, texts, and a database to store your work and view the work of others. French parallel site is slightly less complete.

Thought-provoking web app that encourages users to explore, collect, and share their favorite quotes.

Feed Your Wit by browsing, searching, submitting, discussing, and rating witty sayings by famous and not-so-famous people.

The English language basics needed to pass school exams, shown by example rather than lengthy explanation.

The intrigue about idioms is their origin rather than what they mean. How did that idiom come about? Did someone coin it? If so, who was it and when?

rhyming dictionary and thesaurus

Blog, YouTube channel, and dictionary

Understand emotions and communication style in text.

Glossary of Slang Words.

A cross-referenced English glossary of linguistic and grammatical terms containing grammar definitions with explanations and cross-references to other relevant grammar terms.

Welcome to Grammar Monster. We have hundreds of free English grammar lessons and interactive exercises. There's a glossary of grammatical terms and a full list of common grammar errors. And, there's more. A lot more.

This page contains a preface for my dictionary.

Archive of vocabulary quizzes, games, and tests

Archive of free vocabulary and math tests.

The web's most comprehensive guide to American punctuation.

Lexico is a collaboration with Oxford Dictionary hosted by Dictionary.com offering definitions, meanings, and grammar in both English and Spanish.

Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with …

Scrabble Word Finder from YourDictionary is the perfect word finder for playing the new word game Scrabble GO. Score more points and win more often with our free Scrabble cheat tool.