Information Sheet 1.4-1
Information Sheet 1.4-1: Spelling commonly used English words
Spelling is a crucial skill in written communication. It helps convey our thoughts and ideas clearly and accurately. When we spell words correctly, our writing becomes more readable and our message more understandable.
100 Commonly Misspelled Words
This is a list of hard to spell words, showing their correct spelling with spelling advice and common misspellings. These spellings are consistent for British and American English.
| correct spelling | notes | misspelling |
| absence | -s-, -nce | |
| accommodate, accommodation | -cc-, -mm- | |
| achieve | i before e | |
| across | one c | |
| aggressive | -gg- | |
| apparently | -ent- | |
| appearance | -ance | |
| argument | no e after u | |
| assassination | -ss-, -ss- | |
| basically | -ally | |
| beginning | -nn- | |
| believe | i before e | |
| business | busi- | |
| calendar | -ar | |
| Caribbean | -r-, -bb- | |
| category | e in middle | |
| cemetery | -ery | |
| colleague | -ea- | |
| coming | one m | |
| committee | -mm-, -tt-, -ee- | |
| completely | -ely | |
| conscience | -sc- | |
| conscious | -sc- | |
| copyright | -right | |
| curiosity | -os- | |
| definitely | -ite- not -ate- | |
| disappear | -s-, -pp- | |
| disappoint | -s-, -pp- | |
| ecstasy | -sy | |
| embarrass | -rr-, -ss | |
| environment | -nm- | |
| existence | -ence | |
| familiar | -iar | |
| finally | -ll- | |
| fluorescent | fluor- | |
| foreign | e before i | |
| forty | for- | |
| forward | for- | |
| friend | i before e | |
| further | fur- | |
| glamorous | -mor- | |
| government | -nm- | |
| grammar | -ar | |
| gauge | -au- | |
| grateful | grat- | |
| guard | gua- | |
| happened | -ened | |
| harass, harassment | -r-, -ss | |
| honorary | -nor- | |
| humorous | -mor- | |
| immediately | -ely | |
| incidentally | -ally | |
| independent | -ent | |
| interrupt | -rr- | |
| irresistible | -ible | |
| knowledge | -edge | |
| lightning | no e | |
| medicine | medi- like medical | |
| millennium, millennia | -ll-, -nn- | |
| misspell | -ss- | |
| necessary | -c-, -ss- | |
| noticeable | -e- | |
| occasion | -cc-, -s- | |
| occurred, occurring | -cc-, -rr- | |
| occurrence | -cc-, -rr-, -ence | |
| parallel | -r-, -ll- | |
| persistent | -ent | |
| Philippines | -l-, -pp- | |
| piece | i before e | |
| politician | -cian | |
| possession | -ss-, -ss- | |
| preferred, preferring | -rr- | |
| privilege | no d | |
| pronunciation | -nun- | |
| publicly | –cly | |
| really | -ll- | |
| receive | e before i | |
| referred, referring | -rr- | |
| religious | -gious | |
| remember | -mem- | |
| resistance | -ance | |
| sense | -se | |
| separate | -par- | |
| successful | -cc-, -ss- | |
| surprise | sur- | |
| tendency | -ency | |
| therefore | -fore | |
| threshold | one h in middle | |
| tomorrow | -m-, -rr- | |
| tongue | ton-, -gue | |
| truly | no e | |
| unforeseen | -re- | |
| unfortunately | -ely | |
| until | -l | |
| vicious | no s in middle | |
| weird | e before i | |
| wherever | one e in middle | |
| weather | -ea- | |
| whether | wh- | |
| which | wh- |
Reference:
https://www.englishclub.com/spelling/misspellings.php