100 Most Often Mispelled Misspelled Words in English Here are the 100 words most commonly misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. (Use the time you save celebrating in our gameroom.) A acceptable - Several words made the list because of the suffix pronounced -êbl but sometimes spelled -ible, sometimes -able. Just remember to accept any table offered to you and you will spell this word OK. accidentally - It is no accident that the test for adverbs on -ly is whether they come from an adjective on -al ("accidental" in this case). If so, the -al has to be in the spelling. No publical, then publicly. accommodate - Remember, this word is large enough to accommodate both a double "c" AND a double "m." acquire - Try to acquire the knowledge that this word and the next began with the prefix ad- but the [d] converts to [c] before [q]. acquit - See the previous discussion. a lot - Two words! Hopefully, you won't have to allot a lot of time to this problem. amateur - Amateurs need not be mature: this word ends on the French suffix -eur (the equivalent of English -er). apparent - A parent need not be apparent but "apparent" must pay the rent, so remember this word always has the rent. argument - Let's not argue about the loss of this verb's silent [e] before the suffix -ment. atheist - Lord help you remember that this word comprises the prefix a- "not" + the "god" (also in the-ology) + -ist "one who believes." B From IELTS2.com 1 of 16
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100 Most Often Mispelled Misspelled Words
in English
Here are the 100 words most commonly misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Dr. Language has
provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if
you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of
the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. (Use the
time you save celebrating in our gameroom.)
A
acceptable - Several words made the list because of the suffix pronounced -êbl but
sometimes spelled -ible, sometimes -able. Just remember to accept any table offered to
you and you will spell this word OK.
accidentally - It is no accident that the test for adverbs on -ly is whether they come from
an adjective on -al ("accidental" in this case). If so, the -al has to be in the spelling. No
publical, then publicly.
accommodate - Remember, this word is large enough to accommodate both a double "c"
AND a double "m."
acquire - Try to acquire the knowledge that this word and the next began with the prefix
ad- but the [d] converts to [c] before [q].
acquit - See the previous discussion.
a lot - Two words! Hopefully, you won't have to allot a lot of time to this problem.
amateur - Amateurs need not be mature: this word ends on the French suffix -eur (the
equivalent of English -er).
apparent - A parent need not be apparent but "apparent" must pay the rent, so remember
this word always has the rent.
argument - Let's not argue about the loss of this verb's silent [e] before the suffix -ment.
atheist - Lord help you remember that this word comprises the prefix a- "not" + the "god"
English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers! That’s because English is not 100% phoneticand also because there are so many exceptions. Study the 240 most commonly misspelled wordsbelow. Then, try the free spelling test at the end to check how well you’re doing.
Jump to a letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ideallyimaginaryimmediateincredibleindependentinfluentialinsuranceintelligentinterferenceinterruptintroduceislandits – for possessionit’s – for “it is” or “it has”
technicaltechniquetemperaturetemporarytheir (possessed by them)there (not here)they’re (contraction of “they are”)themselves – not themself
U
undoubtedlyunforgettableuniqueuntil
V
valuablevillageviolenceviolentvisionvolume
W
weather – indicating climate – The weather is nice today.Wednesdayweirdwhether – (indicating if)whichwoman – (singular)women – (plural)worthwhilewidthwriting
X Y Z
yachtyoung
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HomeGrammar and usageSpellingCommon misspellings
Common misspellingsHere’s a quick-reference guide to the top misspellings according to the Oxford English Corpus – anelectronic collection of over 2 billion words of real English that helps us to see how people are using thelanguage and also shows us the mistakes that are most often made.
The table gives the correct spelling of the word, handy tips on getting it right, and also the most commonmisspellings that we’ve found in our research, so you can check to see if any of the same mistakes havebeen tripping you up.
Correct spelling Spelling advice Common misspellingaccommodate, accommodation two cs, two ms accomodate, accomodationachieve i before e acheiveacross one c accrossaggressive, aggression two gs agressive, agressionapparently -ent not -ant apparantlyappearance ends with -ance appearenceargument no e after the u arguementassassination two double s’s assasinationbasically ends with -ally basiclybeginning double n before the -ing beginingbelieve i before e beleive, belivebizarre one z, double -r bizzarebusiness begins with busi- buisnesscalendar -ar not -er calenderCaribbean one r, two bs Carribeancemetery ends with -ery cemetarychauffeur ends with -eur chauffercolleague -ea- in the middle colleguecoming one m commingcommittee double m, double t, double e commiteecompletely ends with -ely completlyconscious -sc- in the middle conciouscuriosity -os- in the middle curiousitydefinitely -ite- not –ate- definatelydilemma -mm- not -mn- dilemnadisappear one s, two ps dissapeardisappoint one s, two ps dissapointecstasy ends with –sy ecstacy
embarrass two rs, two s’s embarassenvironment n before the m enviromentexistence ends with -ence existanceFahrenheit begins with Fahr- Farenheitfamiliar ends with -iar familarfinally two ls finalyfluorescent begins with fluor- florescentforeign e before i foriegnforeseeable begins with fore- forseeableforty begins with for- fourtyforward begins with for- fowardfriend i before e freindfurther begins with fur- futhergist begins with g- jistglamorous -mor- in the middle glamourousgovernment n before the m govermentguard begins with gua- gaurdhappened ends with -ened happendharass, harassment one r, two s’s harrass, harrassmenthonorary -nor- in the middle honouraryhumorous -mor- in the middle humourousidiosyncrasy ends with -asy idiosyncracyimmediately ends with -ely immediatlyincidentally ends with -ally incidentlyindependent ends with -ent independantinterrupt two rs interuptirresistible ends with -ible irresistableknowledge remember the d knowlegeliaise, liaison remember the second i: liais- liase, liasonlollipop i in the middle lollypopmillennium, millennia double l, double n millenium, milleniaNeanderthal ends with -thal Neandertalnecessary one c, two s’s neccessarynoticeable remember the middle e noticableoccasion two cs, one s ocassion, occassionoccurred, occurring two cs, two rs occured, occuringoccurrence two cs, two rs, -ence not -ance occurance, occurencepavilion one l pavillionpersistent ends with -ent persistantpharaoh ends with -aoh pharoahpiece i before e peicepolitician ends with -cian politicanPortuguese ends with –guese Portugesepossession two s’s in the middle and two at the end posessionpreferred, preferring two rs prefered, preferingpropaganda begins with propa- propoganda
publicly ends with –cly publicallyreally two ls realyreceive e before i recievereferred, referring two rs refered, referingreligious ends with -gious religousremember -mem- in the middle rember, remeberresistance ends with -ance resistencesense ends with -se senceseparate -par- in the middle seperatesiege i before e seigesuccessful two cs, two s’s succesfulsupersede ends with -sede supercedesurprise begins with sur- suprisetattoo two ts, two os tatootendency ends with -ency tendancytherefore ends with -fore thereforthreshold one h in the middle threshholdtomorrow one m, two rs tommorow, tommorrowtongue begins with ton-, ends with -gue toungetruly no e truelyunforeseen remember the e after the r unforseenunfortunately ends with -ely unfortunatlyuntil one l at the end untillweird e before i wierdwherever one e in the middle whereeverwhich begins with wh- wich