Cambridge Vocabulary for IELTS by Pauline Cullen

Frequently misspelt words

These words are frequently misspelt in IELTS tests. You can use this page as a checklist to make sure you know the correct
spellings before you take the exam.

A C E I
accommodation capable education illustrate
according career efficient imagine
account caring eliminate immigrant
accounting century endless inadvisable
achievement change energetic increased
achieving choice energy independence
advertisement colleagues engineer independent
affect committed enormous individual
afraid committee enough industry
almost communicate environment inherit
although compared equal instead
ambulance comparison especially intelligence
amount competition exchange interested
apartment concentration existence interpret
appearance connected expatriates
approach constructive experience
aspect continuously K
attendant control
attract convenient F kindergarten
audience correct kindness
Australia courses facilities knowledge
available culture faithfully
awareness customs family
follow L
foreigner
fourth level
B D libraries
furthermore
beautiful degree future literacy
because department luxury
before describe
beginning development G
believe difference M
beneficial different generally
government machine
benefit difficult
manner
bosses disappear
media
broken disappointment
H medium
brought discuss
million
Buddha diseases
happiness money
bullying dormitory
harmony museum
busy doubled
healthy
dramatically
holiday
due
hygiene

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 N R T
necessary reached technician
nineties recommend technology
noise relevant temperature
noisy religion theoretical
non-existent religious therefore
nowadays represent thieves
number resources throughout
nutrition respect tourist
respectively travel
responsibility treatment
O restaurant twelfth
reveal twentieth
occasion revolution
occasionally rhythm
occur ridiculous U
occurred
officer university
official S
often
oneself salary V
opportunity scene
orchestra scholarship view
origin sculpture
otherwise second
separate W
several
weather
P similar
which
sincere
party women
sincerely
passions somebody
pension something
people special
percentage spite
period stability
Philippines standard
pizza sterling
pollution strength
population struggling
possible succeed
preferences success
preferred suppressed
pressure system
prevent
price
problem
properly
property
proportion
punctuated

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