English spelling can get rather tricky. It used to be much harder--the English language changed a lot after the Middle Ages in an event called the Great Vowel Shift. That was when we decided words like "Shoppe" should be spelled "Shop", or "Aprille" should be spelled "April." English still retains some of that old goofiness, though, as evidenced by how common misspellings are. Double letters, especially double consonants, tend to cause a lot of trouble. Other common culprits are exceptions to popular mnemonics, like how "weird" violates the commonly stated "i before e, except after c".
Here's a list of the most commonly used misspellings that occur in exams:
|
S.NO. |
CORRECT SPELLINGS |
COMMON INCORRECT SPELLINGS |
|
1. |
absence |
absense, absentse, abcense, absance |
|
2.
|
acceptable |
acceptible |
|
3.
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accidentally/accidently |
accidentaly |
|
4.
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accommodate |
accomodate, acommodate |
|
5. |
achieve |
acheive |
|
6. |
acknowledge |
acknowlege, aknowledge |
|
7. |
acquaintance |
acquaintence, aquaintance |
|
8. |
acquire |
aquire, adquire |
|
9. |
acquit |
aquit |
|
10.
|
acreage |
acrage, acerage |
|
11.
|
address |
adress |
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12.
|
adultery |
adultary |
|
13. |
advisable |
adviseable, advizable |
|
14. |
affect |
effect |
|
15.
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aggression |
agression |
|
16.
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aggressive |
agressive |
|
17. |
allegiance |
allegaince, allegience, alegiance |
|
18.
|
almost |
allmost |
|
19.
|
amateur |
amatuer, amature |
|
20. |
annually |
anually, annualy |
|
21.
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apparent |
apparant, aparent, apparrent, aparrent |
|
22. |
argument |
arguement |
|
23. |
atheist |
athiest, athist |
|
24. |
awful |
awfull, aweful |
|
25. |
becoming |
becomeing |
|
26.
|
beginning |
begining |
|
27. |
believe |
beleive |
|
28. |
buoyant |
bouyant |
|
29.
|
business |
buisness |
|
30.
|
camouflage |
camoflage, camoflague |
|
31.
|
cemetery |
cemetary, cematery |
|
32. |
changeable |
changable |
|
33. |
chief |
cheif |
|
34.
|
colleague |
collaegue, collegue |
|
35. |
column |
Column, colum |
|
36. |
committed |
commited, comitted |
|
37. |
comparison |
comparsion |
|
38. |
concede |
conceed |
|
39. |
congratulate |
congradulate |
|
40. |
conscientious |
consciencious |
|
41. |
conscious |
concious, consious |
|
42. |
consensus |
concensus |
|
43. |
controversy |
contraversy |
|
44. |
coolly |
cooly |
|
45. |
daiquiri |
dacquiri, daquiri |
|
46. |
deceive |
decieve |
|
47. |
definite |
definate, definit |
|
48. |
definitely |
definitly, definately, defiantly |
|
49. |
desperate |
desparate |
|
50. |
difference |
diffrence |
|
51. |
dilemma |
dilema |
|
52. |
disappoint |
dissapoint |
|
53. |
disastrous |
disasterous |
|
54. |
drunkenness |
drunkeness |
|
55. |
dumbbell |
dumbell |
|
56. |
embarrass |
embarass |
|
57. |
equipment |
equipmnt |
|
58. |
exceed |
excede |
|
59. |
exhilarate |
exilerate |
|
60. |
existence |
existance |
|
61. |
experience |
experiance |
|
62. |
extreme |
extreem |
|
63. |
fascinating |
facinating |
|
64. |
fiery |
feiry |
|
65. |
fluorescent |
flourescent |
|
66. |
foreign |
foriegn |
|
67. |
friend |
freind |
|
68. |
fulfil |
Fulfil, fulfill |
|
69. |
gauge |
Gaug, guage |
|
70. |
grateful |
gratefull, greatful |
|
71. |
guarantee |
garantee, garentee, garanty |
|
72. |
guidance |
Guidance |
|
73. |
harass |
harrass |
|
74. |
height |
heighth, heigth |
|
75. |
hierarchy |
heirarchy |
|
76. |
humorous |
humerous |
|
77. |
hygiene |
hygene, hygine, hiygeine, higeine, hygeine |
|
78. |
ignorance |
ignorence |
|
79. |
imitate |
immitate |
|
80. |
immediately |
imediately |
|
81. |
indict |
indite |
|
82. |
independent |
independant |
|
83. |
indispensable |
indispensible |
|
84. |
inoculate |
innoculate |
|
85. |
intelligence |
inteligence, intelligance |
|
86. |
leisure
|
liesure |
|
87. |
liaison |
liason |
|
89. |
library |
libary, liberry |
|
90. |
license |
lisence |
|
91. |
lightning |
lightening |
|
92. |
maintenance |
maintainance, maintnance |
|
93.
|
marshmallow |
Marshmellow |
|
94. |
medieval |
medeval, medevil, mideval |
|
95. |
millennium |
millenium, millennium |
|
96. |
miniature |
miniture |
|
97. |
Minuscule |
miniscule |
|
98. |
mischievous |
mischievious, mischevous, mischevious |
|
99. |
misspell |
mispell, misspel |
|
100. |
necessary |
neccessary, necessery |
|
101. |
niece |
neice |
|
102. |
noticeable |
noticable |
|
103. |
occasion |
occassion |
|
104. |
occasionally |
occasionaly, occassionally |
|
105. |
occurrence |
occurrance, occurence |
|
106. |
omission |
ommision, omision |
|
107. |
outrageous |
outragous |
|
108. |
parliament |
parliment |
|
109. |
pastime |
passtime, pasttime |
|
110.
|
perceive |
percieve |
|
111. |
perseverance |
perseverence |
|
112. |
Personnel |
personell, personel |
|
113. |
Plagiarize |
plagerize |
|
114. |
playwright |
playright, playwrite |
|
115. |
ossession |
posession, possession |
|
116. |
precede |
preceed |
|
117. |
presence |
Presence |
|
118. |
privilege |
privelege, priviledge |
|
119. |
professor |
professer |
|
120. |
protester |
protestor |
|
121. |
promise |
promiss |
|
122. |
pronunciation |
pronounciation |
|
123. |
proof |
prufe |
|
124. |
publicly |
publically |
|
125. |
quarantine |
quarentine |
|
126. |
questionnaire |
questionaire, questionnair |
|
127. |
readable |
readible |
|
128. |
receive |
recieve |
|
129. |
recommend |
recomend, reccommend |
|
130. |
referred |
refered |
|
131. |
Reference |
referance, refrence |
|
132. |
Relevant |
relevent, revelant |
|
133. |
Religious |
religous, religius |
|
134. |
Repetition |
repitition |
|
135. |
Restaurant |
restarant, restaraunt |
|
136. |
rhythm |
rythm, rythem |
|
137. |
secretary |
secratary, secretery |
|
138. |
seize |
sieze |
|
139. |
separate |
seperate |
|
140. |
sergeant |
sargent |
|
141. |
similar |
similer |
|
142. |
Skilful |
skilfull |
|
143. |
speech
|
speach, speech
|
|
144. |
successful
|
succesful, successfull, sucessful
|
|
145. |
supersede
|
supercede
|
|
146. |
surprise
|
suprise, surprize
|
|
147. |
than
|
Then, thane, thene
|
|
148. |
tomatoes
|
tomatos
|
|
149. |
tomorrow
|
tommorow, tommorrow
|
|
150. |
twelfth
|
twelth
|
|
151. |
tyranny
|
tyrany
|
|
152. |
underrate
|
underate
|
|
153. |
until
|
untill
|
|
154. |
upholstery
|
upholstry
|
|
155. |
usable/useable
|
usible
|
|
156. |
vacuum
|
vaccuum, vaccum, vacume
|
|
157. |
vehicle
|
vehical
|
|
158. |
vicious
|
visious
|
|
159. |
weather
|
wether, whether
|
|
160. |
Weird
|
wierd
|
|
161. |
welfare
|
wellfare, welfair
|
|
162. |
whether
|
Wether
|
|
163. |
wilful
|
Wilfull
|
|
164. |
withhold
|
withold
|
|
165. |
writing
|
writting, writeing
|
|
166. |
which
|
Wich, witch
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