240-Common-Spelling-Mistakes.pdf

240 Common Spelling Mistakes English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers! That’s because English is not 100% phonetic and also because there are so many exceptions. Study the 240 most commonly misspelled words below. A

C

E

I

absence

commitment

exaggerate

incredible

acceptable

completely

excellent

independent

accessible

condemn

existence

influential

accommodation

conscience

experience

insurance

accomplish

conscientious

experiment

intelligent

achievement

conscious

acquire

controversy

address

convenient

advertisement

correspondence

advice – (noun)

criticism

advise – (verb) amateur apartment appearance argument athletic

F familiar

its – for possession it’s

foreign

– for “it is” or “it has”

deceive

foreigner

definitely

formerly

jealous

definition

forty

jealousy

department

fourth general

desperate

basically

development

beginning

difference

belief – indicating the noun

difficult

believe – indicating the verb

disappointed

beneficial

discipline

business

disease C

later legitimate

grammar

length

grateful

library lightning

guidance

campaign

effect

category

eighth

cemetery

either

challenge

embarrass

characteristic

encouragement

cigarette

enemy

clothes

entirely

column

environment

committee

especially

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L

genius

guarantee

easily

kneel knowledge

government

calendar

K

generally

E

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J

G

despair B

island

finally

describe

attendance

interrupt introduce

February financial

D

interference

likely H

loneliness

happily

lose (verb)

height

loose (adjective)

heroes

lovely

humorous

luxurious

hypocrite I

M maintain

ideally

maintenance

imaginary

manageable

immediate

management

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M

P

T

manufacture

possible

marriage

possibility

married

potatoes

millionaire

practically

misspell

prefer

mischievous

privilege

money

professor

mortgage

professional

undoubtedly

muscle

pronounce / pronunciation

unforgettable unique

psychology

until

mysterious N naturally neighbor / neighbour ninety noticeable nowadays O obedient

violent

queue

vision

quizzes

volume R

P particular peculiar perceive performance

W weather – indicating climate Wednesday weird whether – indicating if which woman – (singular) women – (plural)

religious

originally

possession

questionnaire

religion

ordinary

pleasant

violence

recommend

opposition

piece

quality

recognize

opportunity

valuable village

receive

opinion

V

quantity

receipt

official

physician

psychological

really

occurred

physical

U

realize

occasional

personnel

themselves – not themself

realistic

obstacle

personal

they’re (contraction of “they are”)

Q

necessary

permanent

there (not here)

worthwhile

remember representative restaurant

width writing XYZ

rhythm

yacht

ridiculous

young

roommate T technical technique temperature temporary their (possessed by them)

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