Over 500 of the Most Frequently Misspelled Words in the

English Language

A
absence apparently challenge
academic appearance changeable
accept applied characteristic
access approach chauffeur
accompanying appropriate cheerfulness
accomplishment artic choose
according argue chose
accurate aroused chosen
ache article coincidence
accuse ascend column
acquaint athletic comfortably
across attack committee
activities attendance companies
actual attitude compel
adjacent audience competence
adolescent author compliment
advantageous autumn comprehension
advertisement auxiliary concede
advice awkward conceive
advise concern
affect B condemn
aggravate bachelor congratulations
aisle basically connoisseur
allot basis conscience
all right beautiful conscious
almost becoming considerable
alphabet beginning consistent
already believing contemporary
alter beneficial contempt
alter breath continuous
all together breathe controlled
altogether business convenience
amateur correspondence
among councilor
analysis C counselor
analyze cafeteria courageous
answer calendar criticism
antidote campaign curiosity
antiseptic capital curriculum
anxiety carrying cylinder
apology celebrate
cemetery
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D emigrate fulfill
dangerous emphasize funeral
deceive emptiness further
decidedly enemies
deficient enormous G
delinquent enough gaiety
democracy enthusiasm gauge
dependent environment genuine
descendant equally goggles
descent equipped government
describe escape grammar
desert especially grandeur
dessert eventually grievous
detriment everybody guarantee
devices exaggerating
difference exceed
except H
dilemma handicapped
diminish excess
exercise handkerchief
dining room happening
disastrous exhausted
exhibit harass
disciple haughtiness
discoveries exhilarate
existence healthy
discuss heavier
disease extravagant
height
dissatisfied helpful
distinguished F hindrance
doctor facilities hoping
doesn’t faithfulness huge
dominant familiar humiliate
dormitories families hurriedly
drunkenness fascinating hygiene
feasible hypocrite
E February
ecstasy fictitious
financially I
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effect foreign
foreword imaginary
efficient immediately
eighth formally
formerly immense
either important
elibible forward
fourteen inadequate
eloquently inauguration
embarrass fourth
increase
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incredible liveliest O
indictment loneliness obstacle
indispensable loyalty occasion
individual luxuries occurrence
influence o’clock
ingenious M omit
initiative magnificent omitted
innocence maintenance opinion
insistence maneuver opportunities
instructor manufacturing oppose
intellectual marriage optimistic
intelligent mathematics origin
interest meant overwhelming
interpretation mechanics
intolerance medicine
introductory P
metropolitan pamphlet
invariable miniature
irrelevant pandemonium
miscellaneous pantomime
irresistible mischief
island parallel
misspelled paralyze
its monotonous
it’s particularly
moral passed
morale past
J mosquitoes peace
January multiplication peculiarities
jealousy muscle perceive
jewelry mysterious permanent
permit
K N persistent
kindergarten naturally personal
knowledge necessary personnel
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L Negroes persuade
labeled neighbor phase
laboratory neither phenomenon
language niece philosophy
leisurely ninth physical
lengthening noticeable picnicking
license noticing piece
lieutenant numerous planned
lightening playwright
lightning politician
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portrayed reminisce stationary
possessions renowned stationery
possible repetition stenographer
practically representative stopping
prairie research straighten
precedent resources strength
prefer restaurant strenuous
preferred reverend stubborn
prejudice rhythm studying
prepare ridiculous substantiate
prescription righteous subtle
presence rivalry succeeding
previous successful
primitive S suddenness
principal safety sufficient
principle sandwich summary
privilege satisfaction supersede
probably saucer supervisor
procedure scarcity suppose
proceed scene surprise
pronounce schedule susceptible
proprietor scheme suspense
psychology scholarship suspicious
punctuation scientific syllable
secretary symmetrical
Q seize synonymous
qualities sentence
quarter separate T
questionnaire several technical
quiet shepherd technique
shining temperature
R shoulder temporarily
realize shriek tenant
really siege tenement
receive significance theories
recognize similar therefore
recommend sophomore thirtieth
reference sorrowful thoroughly
referred sovereignty thought
regrettable specifically together
relieve specimen tomorrow
religion sponsor tragedy
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transferred W
tremendous wiave
trespass wave
twelfth wealthiest
typical weather
tyranny wednesday
weird
U whenever
unbelievable wherever
unconscious whether
undesirable whole
undoubtedly wholly
uneasiness whose
unforgettable witnessed
unmanageable wonderful
unnecessary wrench
until writing
useful
usual Y
yacht
V yield
vacuum yours
valleys you’re
valuable
varieties Z
vaudeville zenith
vegetable zigzag
vengeance zinc
ventilate
veteran
vicinity
victim
view
village
villain
vinegar
visible
vitamin
volume