The table gives the correct spelling of the word, handy tips on getting it right, and also the most common misspellings that have been tripping us up.
Correct spelling | Spelling advice | Common misspelling |
accommodate, accommodation | two cs, two ms | accomodate, accomodation |
achieve | i before e | acheive |
across | one c | accross |
aggressive, aggression | two gs | agressive, agression |
apparently | -ent not -ant | apparantly |
appearance | ends with -ance | appearence |
argument | no e after the u | arguement |
assassination | two double s’s | assasination |
basically | ends with -ally | basicly |
beginning | double n before the -ing | begining |
believe | i before e | beleive, belive |
bizarre | one z, double -r | bizzare |
business | begins with busi- | buisness |
calendar | -ar not -er | calender |
Caribbean | one r, two bs | Carribean |
cemetery | ends with -ery | cemetary |
chauffeur | ends with -eur | chauffer |
colleague | -ea- in the middle | collegue |
coming | one m | comming |
committee | double m, double t, double e | commitee |
completely | ends with -ely | completly |
conscious | -sc- in the middle | concious |
curiosity | -os- in the middle | curiousity |
definitely | -ite- not –ate- | definately |
dilemma | -mm- not -mn- | dilemna |
disappear | one s, two ps | dissapear |
disappoint | one s, two ps | dissapoint |
ecstasy | ends with –sy | ecstacy |
embarrass | two rs, two s’s | embarass |
environment | n before the m | enviroment |
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 l, 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 l | 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 ls | 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 |
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