240 Common Spelling Mistakes

English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers! Thats because English is not 100% phonetic and also because
there are so many exceptions. Study the 240 most commonly misspelled words below.
A

absence

commitment

exaggerate

incredible

acceptable

completely

excellent

independent

accessible

condemn

existence

influential

accommodation

conscience

experience

insurance

accomplish

conscientious

experiment

intelligent

achievement

conscious

acquire

controversy

address

convenient

advertisement

correspondence

advice (noun)

criticism

advise (verb)
amateur
apartment
appearance
argument
athletic

F
familiar

its for possession

its

foreign

for it is or it has

deceive

foreigner

definitely

formerly

jealous

definition

forty

jealousy

department

fourth
general

desperate

basically

development

beginning

difference

belief indicating the noun

difficult

believe indicating the verb

disappointed

beneficial

discipline

business

disease
C

later
legitimate

grammar

length

grateful

library
lightning

guidance

campaign

effect

category

eighth

cemetery

either

challenge

embarrass

characteristic

encouragement

cigarette

enemy

clothes

entirely

column

environment

committee

especially

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guarantee

easily

kneel
knowledge

government

calendar

generally

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despair
B

island

finally

describe

attendance

interrupt
introduce

February
financial

interference

likely
H

loneliness

happily

lose (verb)

height

loose (adjective)

heroes

lovely

humorous

luxurious

hypocrite
I

M
maintain

ideally

maintenance

imaginary

manageable

immediate

management

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manufacture

possible

marriage

possibility

married

potatoes

millionaire

practically

misspell

prefer

mischievous

privilege

money

professor

mortgage

professional

undoubtedly

muscle

pronounce /
pronunciation

unforgettable
unique

psychology

until

mysterious
N
naturally
neighbor / neighbour
ninety
noticeable
nowadays
O
obedient

violent

queue

vision

quizzes

volume
R

P
particular
peculiar
perceive
performance

W
weather
indicating climate
Wednesday
weird
whether
indicating if
which
woman (singular)
women (plural)

religious

originally

possession

questionnaire

religion

ordinary

pleasant

violence

recommend

opposition

piece

quality

recognize

opportunity

valuable
village

receive

opinion

quantity

receipt

official

physician

psychological

really

occurred

physical

realize

occasional

personnel

themselves
not themself

realistic

obstacle

personal

theyre
(contraction of they are)

necessary

permanent

there
(not here)

worthwhile

remember
representative
restaurant

width
writing
XYZ

rhythm

yacht

ridiculous

young

roommate
T
technical
technique
temperature
temporary
their
(possessed by them)

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