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List of 70+ Common Spelling Mistakes in English

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Spelling Mistakes! English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers. In this lesson, you will learn a list of 70+ common spelling mistakes in English and how to correct them.

Common Spelling Mistakes in English

While some words admit multiple spellings, some are not considered standard, and thus are misspellings. A misspelled word can be a series of letters that represents no correctly spelled word of the same language at all or a correct spelling of another word. Misspellings of the latter type can easily make their way into printed material because they are not caught by simple computerized spell checkers.

Misspellings may be due to either typing errors, or lack of knowledge of the correct spelling. Whether or not a word is misspelled may depend on context, as is the case with American/ British English distinctions. Misspelling can also be a matter of opinion when variant spellings are accepted by some and not by others.

Incorrect: acommodation

Correct: accommodation

 

Incorrect: acheive

Correct: achieve

 

Incorrect:  accross

Correct: across

 

Incorrect:  adress

Correct: address

 

Incorrect:  appearence

Correct: appearance

 

Incorrect:  assasination

Correct: assassination

 

Incorrect:  beggining

Correct: beginning

 

Incorrect:  buisness

Correct: business

 

Incorrect:  collegue

Correct: colleague

 

Incorrect:  commitee

Correct: committee

 

Incorrect:  concious

Correct: conscious

 

Incorrect:  copywrite

Correct: copyright

 

Incorrect:  dependance

Correct: dependence

 

Incorrect:  desireable

Correct: desirable

 

Incorrect:  embarass

Correct: embarrass

 

Incorrect: enviroment

Correct: environment

 

Incorrect:  Febuary

Correct: February

 

Incorrect:  fourty

Correct: forty

 

Incorrect:  glamourous

Correct: glamorous

 

Incorrect:  independance

Correct: independence

 

Incorrect:  interupt

Correct: interrupt

 

Incorrect:  intresting

Correct: interesting

 

Incorrect:  knowlege

Correct: knowledge

 

Incorrect:  libary

Correctlibrary

 

Incorrect:  lightening

Correct: lightning

 

Incorrect:  mischievious

Correct: mischievous

 

Incorrect:  mispell

Correct: misspell

 

Incorrect:  neccessary

Correct: necessary

 

Incorrect:  neice

Correct: niece

 

Incorrect:  calender

Correct: calendar

 

Incorrect:  definately

Correct: definitely

 

Incorrect:  tommorrow

Correct: tomorrow

 

Incorrect:  noticable

Correct: noticeable

 

Incorrect:  convinient

Correct: convenient

 

Incorrect:  deterioreit

Correct: deteriorate

 

Incorrect:  dissappear

Correct: disappear

 

Incorrect: arguement

Correct: argument

 

Incorrect: Wensday

Correct: Wednesday

 

Incorrect: ignor

Correct: ignore

 

Incorrect: occured

Correct: occurred

 

Incorrect: opertunity

Correct: opportunity

 

Incorrect: que

Correct: queue

 

Incorrect: speach

Correct: speech

 

Incorrect: thier

Correcttheir

 

Incorrect: truely

Correct: truly

 

Incorrect: liesure

Correct: leisure

 

Incorrect: sieze

Correct: seize

 

Incorrect: wierd

Correct: weird

 

Incorrect: intresting

Correct: interesting

 

Incorrectknowlege

Correctknowledge

 

Incorrectlollypop

Correctlollipop

 

Incorrectparalell

Correctparallel

 

Incorrectpasttime

Correctpastime

 

Incorrectpersue

Correctpursue

 

Incorrectpotatoe

Correctpotato

 

Incorrectpreceeding

Correctpreceding

 

Incorrectpronounciation

Correctpronunciation

 

Incorrectrecieve

Correctreceive

 

Incorrectreccomend

Correctrecommend

 

Incorrectrythm

Correctrhythm

 

Incorrectshedule

Correctschedule

 

Incorrectseige

Correctsiege

 

Incorrectsentance

Correctsentence

 

Incorrectseperate

Correctseparate

 

Incorrectsincerly

Correctsincerely

 

Incorrecttatoo

Correcttattoo

 

Incorrecttendancy

Correcttendency

 

Incorrectuntill

Correctuntil

 

Incorrectvaccuum

Correctvacuum

 

Incorrectvegeterian

Correctvegetarian

 

Incorrectwhereever

Correctwherever

 

Incorrectwriten

Correctwritten

 

Incorrectfinaly

Correctfinally

 

Incorrectfluoroscent

Correctfluorescent

 

Incorrectgoverment

Correctgovernment

 

Incorrectgrammer

Correctgrammar

 

Incorrecthappend

Correcthappened

 

Incorrectdilemna

Correctdilemma

 

Incorrectexistance

Correctexistence

 

Incorrectfamilar

Correctfamiliar

 

Incorrectforiegn

Correctforeign

 

Incorrectfuther

Correctfurther

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Author

ildze

Monday 1st of February 2021

good for improving spelling, I know many misspell 'smoking', even native speakers

Claire Olagun ju

Wednesday 26th of August 2020

wow so that is how to spell lightning