Common Misspelled English Words

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Correct Spelling	Spelling advice	Common misspelling
absence	-ence not ense	absense, absentse, abcense, absance
acceptable	ends with -able	acceptible
accidentally	double L at the end	accidentaly
accommodate, accommodation	Two Cs, Two Ms	acccomodate, accomodation
achieve	i before e	acheive
acknowledge	starting with ac and ending with -dge	acknowlege, aknowledge
across	one c	accross
acquaintance	starting with ac and ending with -ance	acquaintence, aquaintance
acquire	starting with ac	aquire, adquire
acquit	starting with ac	aquit
acreage	remember the E after R	acrage, acerage
address	double D	adress
adultery	-ery not -ary	adultary
advisable	remember visa	adviseable, advizable
affect	starting with A (both words exist, but are distinct)	effect
aggressive, aggression	Two Gs	agressive, agression
allegiance	remember double L and use a after i	allegaince, allegience, alegiance
almost	one L	allmost
a lot	must be two words,  remember one L	alot, allot
amateur	ends with -teur	amatuer, amature
annually	use double N and double L	anually, annualy
apparent	use double P not R and ends with -ent	apparant, aparent, apparrent, aparrent
arctic	Use C after R	artic
apparently	-ent not -ant	apparantly
appearance	ends with -ance	appearence
argument	no e after the u	arguement
assassination	Two double S's	assasination
atheist	i after e	athiest, athist
awful	one L and avoid e	awfull, aweful
basically	ends with -ally	basicly
because	-cau- in the middle	becuase, becasue
beautiful	remember U in the middle	beatiful
becoming	avoid e	becomeing
beginning	double n before the -ing	begining
believe	i before e	beleive, belive
bellwether	avoid e	bellweather
benefit	e in the middle	benifit
buoy	u before o	bouy
buoyant	u before o	bouyant
bizarre	one z, double -r	bizzare
business	begins with busi-	buisness
Calendar	-ar not-er	calender
camouflage	add u in the middle	camoflage, camoflague
capitol	ends with -tal (both words exist, but are distinct)	capital
Caribbean	one r, two bs	Carribean
category	-teg- in the middle	catagory
caught	ends with -ght	cauhgt, caugt
Cemetery	ends with -ery	cemetary
changeable	remember e	changable
chief	i before e	cheif
Chauffeur	ends with -eur	chauffer
colleague	-ea- in the middle	collegue
column	end with n	colum
coming	one m	comming
committed	double m and double t	commited, comitted
committee	double m, double t, double e	commitee
comparison	i before s	comparsion
completely	ends with -ely	completly
concede	ends with -ede	conceed
congratulate	t before u	congradulate
conscientious	ends with -tious	consciencious
conscious	-sc- in the middle	concious, consious
consensus	-sen- not -cen-	concensus
controversy	-tro- not -tra-	contraversy
coolly	ends with -lly	cooly
curiosity	-os- in the middle	curiousity
daiquiri	starts with daiq	dacquiri, daquiri
deceive	e before i	decieve
definite	-ite-not-ate-	definate
definitely	-ite-not-ate-	definately
desperate	-pera- not -para	desparate
difference	remember e	diffrence
dilemma	-mm- not -mn-	dilemna
disappear	one s, two ps	dissapear
disappoint	one s, two ps	dissapoint
disastrous	forget e	disasterous
drunkenness	Two Ns	drunkeness
dumbbell	Two Bs	dumbell
ecstasy	ends with -sy	ecstacy
embarrass	two Rs, two S's	embarass
environment	n before the m	enviroment
equipment	avoid t	equiptment
exceed	d before e	excede
existence	ends with -ence	existance
Fahrenheit	begins with Fahr-	Farenheit
Familiar	ends with -iar	familar
Finally	two Ls	finaly
Fluorescent	begins with fluor-	florescent
Foreign	e before i	foriegn
Foreseeable	begins with fore-	forseeable
Forty	begins with for-	fourty
forward	begins with for-	foward
Friend	i before e	freind
Further	begins with fur-	futher
Gist	begins with g-	jist
Glamorous	-mor- in the middle	glamourous
Government	n before the m	goverment
Guard	begins with gua-	gaurd
happened	ends with -ened	happend
harass, harassment	one R, two S's	harrass, harrassment
honorary	-nor- in the middle	honourary
humorous	-mor- in the middle	humourous
idiosyncrasy	ends with -asy	idiosyncracy
immediately	ends with -ely	immediatly
incidentally	ends with -ally	incidently
independent	ends with -ent	independant
interrupt	two Rs	interupt
irresistible	ends with -ible	irresistable
knowledge	remember the d	knowlege
liaise, liaison	remember the second i: liais-	liase, liason
lollipop	i in the middle	lollypop
millennium, millennia	double I, double n	millenium, millenia
Neanderthal	ends with -thal	Neandertal
necessary	one C, two S's	neccessary
noticeable	remember the middle e	noticable
occasion	two Cs, one S	ocassion, occassion
occurred, occurring	two Cs, two Rs	occured, occuring
occurrence	two Cs, two Rs, -ence not-ance	occurance, occurence
pavilion	one I	pavillion
Persistent	ends with –ent	Persistant
pharaoh	ends with –aoh	Pharoah
piece	i before e	Peice
politician	ends with –cian	Politican
Portuguese	ends with -guese	Portugese
possession	two S's in the middle and two at the end	Posession
preferred, preferring	two Rs	prefered, prefering
propaganda	begins with propa-	propoganda
publicly	ends with -cly	publically
really	two Is	realy
receive	e before i	recieve
referred, referring	two Rs	refered, refering
religious	ends with –gious	religous
remember	-mem- in the middle	rember, remeber
resistance	ends with –ance	resistence
sense	ends with –se	sence
separate	-par- in the middle	seperate
siege	i before e	seige
successful	two Cs, two S's	succesful
supersede	ends with –sede	supercede
surprise	begins with sur-	suprise
tattoo	two Ts, two Os	tatoo
tendency	ends with –ency	tendancy
therefore	ends with –fore	therefor
threshold	one h in the middle	threshhold
tomorrow	one m, two Rs	tommorow, tommorrow
tongue	begins with ton-, ends with –gue	tounge
truly	no e	truely
unforeseen	remember the e after the r	unforseen
unfortunately	ends with –ely	unfortunatly
until	one L at the end	untill
weird	e before i	wierd
wherever	one e in the middle	whereever
which	begins with wh-	wich