100 commonly misspelled words
| correct spelling | notes | misspelling |
|---|---|---|
| absence | -s-, -nce | absense, abscence |
| accommodate, accommodation | -cc-, -mm- | accomodate, accomodation |
| achieve | i before e | acheive |
| across | one c | accross |
| aggressive | -gg- | agressive |
| apparently | -ent- | apparantly |
| appearance | -ance | appearence |
| argument | no e after u | arguement |
| assassination | -ss-, -ss- | assasination |
| basically | -ally | basicly |
| beginning | -nn- | begining |
| believe | i before e | beleive, belive |
| business | busi- | buisness |
| calendar | -ar | calender |
| Caribbean | -r-, -bb- | Carribean |
| category | e in middle | catagory |
| cemetery | -ery | cemetary |
| colleague | -ea- | collegue |
| coming | one m | comming |
| committee | -mm-, -tt-, -ee- | commitee |
| completely | -ely | completly |
| conscience | -sc- | concience |
| conscious | -sc- | concious |
| copyright | -right | copywrite |
| curiosity | -os- | curiousity |
| definitely | -ite- not -ate- | definately |
| disappear | -s-, -pp- | dissapear |
| disappoint | -s-, -pp- | dissapoint |
| ecstasy | -sy | ecstacy |
| embarrass | -rr-, -ss | embarass |
| environment | -nm- | enviroment |
| existence | -ence | existance |
| familiar | -iar | familar |
| finally | -ll- | finaly |
| fluorescent | fluor- | florescent |
| foreign | e before i | foriegn |
| forty | for- | fourty |
| forward | for- | foward |
| friend | i before e | freind |
| further | fur- | futher |
| glamorous | -mor- | glamourous |
| government | -nm- | goverment |
| grammar | -ar | grammer |
| gauge | -au- | guage |
| grateful | grat- | greatful |
| guard | gua- | gaurd |
| happened | -ened | happend |
| harass, harassment | -r-, -ss | harrass, harrassment |
| honorary | -nor- | honourary |
| humorous | -mor- | humourous |
| immediately | -ely | immediatly |
| incidentally | -ally | incidently |
| independent | -ent | independant |
| interrupt | -rr- | interupt |
| irresistible | -ible | irresistable |
| knowledge | -edge | knowlege |
| lightning | no e | lightening |
| medicine | medi- like medical | medecine |
| millennium, millennia | -ll-, -nn- | millenium, millenia |
| misspell | -ss- | mispell |
| necessary | -c-, -ss- | neccessary |
| noticeable | -e- | noticable |
| occasion | -cc-, -s- | ocassion, occassion |
| occurred, occurring | -cc-, -rr- | occured, occuring |
| occurrence | -cc-, -rr-, -ence | occurance, occurence |
| parallel | -r-, -ll- | paralel, parralel |
| persistent | -ent | persistant |
| Philippines | -l-, -pp- | Phillipines |
| piece | i before e | peice |
| politician | -cian | politican |
| possession | -ss-, -ss- | posession |
| preferred, preferring | -rr- | prefered, prefering |
| privilege | no d | priviledge |
| pronunciation | -nun- | pronounciation |
| publicly | -cly | publically |
| really | -ll- | realy |
| receive | e before i | recieve |
| referred, referring | -rr- | refered, refering |
| religious | -gious | religous |
| remember | -mem- | rember, remeber |
| resistance | -ance | resistence |
| sense | -se | sence |
| separate | -par- | seperate |
| successful | -cc-, -ss- | succesful |
| surprise | sur- | suprise |
| tendency | -ency | tendancy |
| therefore | -fore | therefor |
| threshold | one h in middle | threshhold |
| tomorrow | -m-, -rr- | tommorow, tommorrow |
| tongue | ton-, -gue | tounge |
| truly | no e | truely |
| unforeseen | -re- | unforseen |
| unfortunately | -ely | unfortunatly |
| until | -l | untill |
| vicious | no s in middle | viscious |
| weird | e before i | wierd |
| wherever | one e in middle | whereever |
| weather | -ea- | wether, waether |
| whether | wh- | wether |
| which | wh- | wich |