commonly misspelled words
The following are the correct spellings of frequently misspelled words (with some common misspellings in parenthesis):
abscess
absence abundance accelerate accidental accidentally (accidently) accommodate accordion (accordian) accumulate acquaintance (acquaintence, aquaintance) acquire (aquire) acquit (aquit) acquitted adamant admirable adolescent advertise aficionado agreeable allege a lot (alot) all right amateur analyze ancient anoint anonymous annulled antecedent apology appalling appearance arguable argument (arguement) arrival assess atheist a while (awhile) axle (axel) bachelor barbecue (barbeque) battalion believable (believeable) believe besiege bookkeeper brief broccoli (brocolli) caffeine camouflage cantaloupe carburetor Caribbean cartilage cemetery (cemetary) chauvinism (chauvanism) chili chocolaty (chocolatey) coliseum, also colosseum (colliseum) collaborate collectible (collectable) colonel colossal commemorate commitment committee compelled complement concede conceited concurred congratulations conscience conscientious conscious consensus contemptible coolly copyright counterfeit corroborate criticize daiquiri Dalmatian (Dalmation) deceive decisively defendant deficient definite (definate) demagogue desiccate desirable desperate deterrence development (developement) dilemma diorama disagree disappear disappoint discernible disheveled dissimilar dissipate drunkenness (drunkeness) dumbbell (dumbell) dumbfound ecstasy |
eligible
embarrass embarrassed energy enforceable equipped exceed excise exercise (excercise) exhilarate existence (existance) facetious feign Fahrenheit fierce fiery (firey) financier flabbergast (flabberghast) flotation (floatation) foreign forfeit forty frustum (frustrum) gauge genius (genious) governor grammar (grammer) grievous gross gullible guttural handkerchief ( hankerchief) harass (harrass) have (of) hemorrhage heresy hierarchy horrific hypocrisy imitate immediately inadvertent (inadvertant) incidentally (incidently) incredible independent indispensable (indispensible) inflexible ingenious (ingenius) innocuous innuendo inoculate ( innoculate) insistence irascible irresistible (irresistable) its (its) judgment (judgement) khaki led (lead) leisure liaison lieutenant liquefy (liquify) livable loneliness lose (loose) manageable maneuver, also manoeuvre marshmallow (marshmellow) medieval, also mediaeval memento (momento) merchandise millennium (millenium) minimize minuscule (miniscule) miscellaneous mischief (mischeif) mischievous (mischievious) misogyny missile misspell (mispell) misspelling misstate movable nauseous necessary negligible newsstand no one (noone) numskull obscene obsession occasion occasional occurred occurrence octopus omitted omniscient onomatopoeia oppressive orator parallel parliament passable pastime (pasttime) peninsula perceive pharaoh (pharoah) pigeon (pidgeon) pistachio (pistacchio) |
plagiarize
plausible playwright plenitude (plentitude) poinsettia (pointsettia) precede preference preferred presumptuous (presumptious) privilege (priviledge) proceed profited prohibited pronunciation (pronounciation) propagate puerile pursue (persue) putrefy questionnaire (questionaire) quizzed quotient rarefy raspberry receipt receive recommend referred refrigerator (refridgerator) reign relevance relief renowned repetition repressible resuscitate retained revise rhythm ridiculous sacrilegious sandal satellite savvy secession seize (sieze) seizure sensible (sensable) sensitive separate septuagenarian (septagenarian) sergeant sheriff shield shish kebab shriek siege sieve similar simile sincerely skepticism sorcerer (sorceror) sovereign specify stationery subpoena succumb suddenness sufficient superintendent supersede (supercede) suppress surprise susceptible sustenance synagogue tariff their there theyre thoroughly threshold to (too, two) tobacco tongue too (to, two) traceable tragedy trespass tyranny two (to, too) ukulele (ukelele) unskillful until (untill) usable vacancy vacillate vacuum valuable vicious villain weird wholly wield withhold worshiper yield your (youre) youre (your) |
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