Oh, So That's How You Spell It!
Regardless of what you've been told, spelling does matter. This
little guide puts the most commonly misspelled words at your
finger tips. It isn't every word, but it contains the ones I've
come across during my years teaching. My bear in the woods is
the word "separate." For some reason I keep wanting to stick an
"e" in there. (sigh) Oh, by the way, the most often misspelled
word is......misspell!
A
absence accidentally accommodate accumulate achievement
acquaintance acquire acquitted advice advise amateur among
analysis analyze annual apartment apparatus apparent appearance
arctic arguing argument arithmetic ascend athletic attendance
B
balance battalion beginning belief believe beneficial benefited
boundaries Britain business
C
calendar candidate category cemetery changeable changing choose
chose coming commission committee comparative compelled
conceivable conferred conscience conscientious conscious control
controversial controversy criticize
D
deferred definitely definition describe description desperate
dictionary dining disappearance disappoint disastrous discipline
dissatisfied dormitory
E
effect eighth eligible eliminate embarrass eminent
encouragement encouraging environment equipped especially
exaggerate excellence exhilarate existence existent experience
explanation
F
familiar fascinate February fiery foreign formerly forty fourth
frantically
G
generally government grammar grandeur grievous
H
height heroes hindrance hoping humorous hypocrisy hypocrite
I
immediately incidentally incredible independence inevitable
intellectual intelligence interesting irresistible
K
knowledge
L
laboratory laid led lightning loneliness lose losing
M
maintenance maneuver manufacture marriage mathematics maybe
mere miniature mischievous mysterious
N
necessary ninety noticeable
O
occasionally occurred occurrence omitted opinion opportunity
optimistic
P
paid parallel paralysis paralyze particular pastime performance
permissible perseverance personal personnel perspiration
physical picnicking possession possibility possible practically
precede precedence preference preferred prejudice preparation
prevalent principal principle privilege probably procedure
proceed profession professor prominent pronunciation pursue
Q
quantity quizzes
R
recede receive receiving recommend reference referring
repetition restaurant rhyme rhythm ridiculous
S
sacrifice sacrilegious salary schedule seize sense separate
separation sergeant severely shining similar sincerely sophomore
specifically specimen statue studying succeed succession surprise
T
technique temperamental tendency tragedy transferring tries
truly tyranny
U
unanimous undoubtedly unnecessary until usually
V
village villain
W
weather weird whether woman women writing