
We've asked our EnglishForward members to write down their most commonly misspelled words, and here are the top 55 in alphabetical order:
Correct spelling | Common misspellings |
ache | ake, ach, ace |
accommodation | accomidation, accomadation, accomodation, acomodation, acommodation etc. |
acquire | adquire, aquire |
amateur | amatuer, amature |
bizarre | bizare, bizzarre, bizzare |
basically | basicly, basicaly |
cemetery | cematry, cematary, cematery, cemitery, cementery etc. |
chorus | corus, chours, chores, course |
challenge | chalange, chalenge, challange |
circumstance | cercomstance, sercomstance, circomstance |
condemn | condem, condemm |
conscientious | concientious |
criticism | critisism |
curiosity | curiousity |
definitely | definately, definetly, definitly |
destroy | destoy, destory |
diarrhea | diarea, diahrea, diareah, diarreah |
disappointed | disapointed, dissapointed, dissappointed |
embarrass | embaras, embarass, embarras, embbarass etc. |
emphasize (emphasise BrE) | empahsize |
entrepreneur | entrepeneur, enterpreneur |
exaggerate | exagerate, exagerrate |
exam | exem |
exception | exeption |
exercise | excercise |
grammar | grammer, gramer, gramar, gramor |
grateful | greatful, greatefull, gratefull |
greatly | grately |
immediately | immediatly, imediatly, immedietly, imediately |
knife | knive |
laugh | lagh |
legitimate | legitamate |
luxurious | luxourious |
maneuver | manuever, manouver |
miscellaneous | miscelaneous, miscellanious, miscellanous |
misspell | mispell, misspel |
necessary | neccesary, necesary, neccessary |
noticeable | noticible, noticable |
occurrence | occurance, ocurrence, ocurrance, occurrence, occurrence |
onomatopoeia | onomatopoeia, onomatopea, onomatopoea etc. |
opaque | opeque, opaique |
physique | pysique |
pneumatic | pneumatik, pneumetic, pnumatic |
privilege | privelege, priviledge, privledge, privilage, privelige |
psychology | sychology, psycology |
realize (realise BrE) | relize, relise |
recommend | recomend, reccomend, reccommend |
receive | recieve |
rhythm | rhythem, rythim, rythem, rhythm, rhythim |
separate | seperate |
subpoena | sepina, supena |
synonymous | synonimous, synonomous |
temporarily | temperarily |
weird | wierd |
Wednesday | Wendsay, Wensday |
ventriloquy | ventriloqy |
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