Reins = the straps used to control a horse. Reigns = the period a king or queen rules, or the ...

Mat is correct for the flat piece of material (a door mat, a yoga mat) and for the verb meaning ...

Palette = the board an artist mixes paints on, or a range of colours. Pallet = a flat wooden platform ...

Chord = a group of musical notes played together, or (in geometry) a straight line joining two points on a ...

Out loud (two words) is correct. Outloud (one word) is incorrect — it is a common misspelling. Out loud means ...

Either is correct. Ither is incorrect — it is a common misspelling of either. Either = one or the other ...

Both caftan and kaftan are correct and mean the same thing — a long, loose robe-like garment. Caftan (with a ...

Peaked = reached the highest point. Piqued = aroused interest or curiosity (as in ‘piqued my interest’). Peeked = took ...

Macaroon and macaron are two different cookies, not two spellings of the same word. A macaroon (double o) is a ...