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Frequently Misspelled Words

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“A” Words

a lot
a while, awhile
ability
absence
absent
abundance
accelerate
accept
acceptable
accessible
accident
accidentally
acclaim
accommodate
accommodation
accompanied
accomplish
accordion
accumulate
accumulation
accuse
accustomed
ache
achieve
achievement
acknowledge
acquaintance
acquainted
acquire
acquit
acquitted
across
address
addressed
adequate
advantage
advantageous
advertise
advertisement
advice
advisable
advise
advisor
aerial
affect
affectionate
aficionado
again
against
aggravate
aggressive
agree
ail
air
aisle
ale
alight
all ready
all right
alleged
all together
almost
already
alright
although
altogether
always
amateur
American
among
amount
analysis
analyze
angel
angle
annual
anoint
another
answer
antiseptic
anxious
apartment
apologize
apology
apparatus
apparent
appear
appearance
appetite
application
apply
appreciate
appreciation
approach
appropriate
approval
approve
approximate
arctic
argue
arguing
argument
arouse
arrange
arrangement
article
artificial
ascend
assistance
assistant
associate
association
ate
atheist
athletic
attempt
attendance
attention
audience
August
author
automobile
autumn
auxiliary
available
avenue
awful
awhile
awkward
axle

“B - C” Words

bachelor
balance
balloon
barbecue
bargain
basic
basically
beautiful
because
become
before
beggar
beginning
being
belief
believable
believe
beneficial
benefit
benefited
between
bicycle
bight
biscuit
bite
board
bored
borrow
bottle
bottom
bough
bought
boundaries
boundary
brake
breadth
breath
breathe
brilliant
broccoli
brought
building
bulletin
bureau
burial
buried
bury
bushes
business
byte
Caesar
cafeteria
calculator
calendar
camouflage
campaign
candidate
cantaloupe
capital
capitol
captain
carburetor
career
careful
careless
Caribbean
carriage
carrying
cartilage
castle
category
ceiling
cemetery
cents
cereal
certain
challenge
changeable
changing
characteristic
charity
chauvinism
chief
chili
chocolaty
choose
chose
cigarette
circumstance
citizen
climbed
cloth
clothes
clothing
coarse
coffee
coliseum
collect
collectible
college
colonel
column
comedy
comfortable
coming
commemorate
commission
commitment
committed
committee
communicate
company
comparative
compel
competent
competition
completely
complement
compliment
conceal
concede
conceit
conceited
conceivable
conceive
concentration
conception
condemn
condescend
condition
conference
confident
congratulate
congratulations
connoisseur
conquer
conscience
conscientious
conscious
consensus
consequence
consequently
considerable
consistency
consistent
continual
continuous
controlled
controversial
controversy
convenience
convenient
conversation
coolly
corporal
correlate
correspondence
corroborate
cough
could
council
counsel
counselor
courage
courageous
course
courteous
courtesy
criticism
criticize
crystal
curiosity
cylinder

“D - E” Words

daily
daiquiri
Dalmatian
daughter
daybreak
death
debt
deceive
December
decent
deception
decide
decision
decisive
deed
defendant
deferred
definite
definitely
definition
definitive
delicious
dependent
deposit
derelict
descend
descent
describe
description
desert
desiccate
desirable
despair
desperate
dessert
destruction
determine
deterrence
develop
development
device
devise
dictator
dictionary
died
difference
different
dilemma
dining
dinner
direction
disappear
disappearance
disappoint
disappointment
disapproval
disapprove
disastrous
discipline
discover
discriminate
disease
dispensable
dissatisfied
dissection
dissipate
distance
distinction
division
doctor
dollar
dominant
doubt
dough
doughty
dozen
drunkenness
dumbbell
dyed
earnest
easily
easy
ecstasy
ecstatic
education
effect
efficiency
efficient
eight
eighth
either
eligibility
eligible
eliminate
email
embarrass
embarrassment
embezzle
embezzler
emergency
emperor
emphasis
emphasize
enclosure
encouragement
encouraging
endeavor
enemy
engineer
English
enormous
enough
entirely
entrance
entrepreneur
envelop
envelope
environment
equipment
equipped
equivalent
err
especially
essential
evening
evident
ewe
exaggerate
exaggeration
examine
exceed
excellence
excellent
except
exceptional
exercise
exhaust
exhausted
exhaustion
exhilarate
exhilaration
existence
existent
exorbitant
expense
experience
experiment
explanation
extreme
extremely
exuberance

“F - G” Words

facility
facsimile
factory
fallacious
fallacy
familiar
farther
fascinate
fascinating
fatigue
feasible
feat
February
feet
fiat
fictitious
fiery
finally
financial
financially
financier
flabbergast
flight
flotation
flourish
fluorescent
forcibly
forego
forehead
foreign
foresee
forfeit
forgo
formal
former
formerly
fortunate
forty
fought
fourteen
fourth
frequent
friend
fright
frightening
fuelling
fulfill
fundamental
fundamentally
further
gallon
garden
gardener
gauge
general
generally
genius
gnat
gnaw
government
governor
grammar
grateful
great
grievance
grievous
grocery
gross
guarantee
guardian
guerrilla
guess
guidance
guttural

“H - I” Words

half
hammer
handkerchief
handfuls
handsful
happily
happiness
harass
healthy
hear
heard
heavy
height
heinous
heir
hemorrhage
here
heroes
heroine
hesitancy
hideous
himself
hindrance
hoarse
holiday
homepage
hopeless
hoping
horrific
hors d'oeuvre
hospital
humorous
hurried
hurrying
hygiene
hypocrisy
hypocrite
ideally
idiosyncrasy
ignorance
imaginary
imbecile
imitate
imitation
immediately
immigrant
implement
inadvertent
incidental
incidentally
increase
incredible
independence
independent
indicted
indispensable
inevitable
influence
influential
information
ingenious
ingenuous
initiate
innocence
inoculate
inquiry
insistent
instead
instinct
insurance
integrity
intellectual
intelligence
intercede
interest
interfere
interference
interpreted
interrupt
introduce
invitation
irascible
irrelevant
irresistible
irritable
island
isle
it’s
its
itself

“J - M” Words

January
jealous
jealousy
journal
judgment
judicial
kindergarten
kitchen
knee
knew
knickers
knife
knit
knock
know
knowledge
knuckle
labor
laboratory
laid
language
later
latter
laugh
led
legitimate
leisure
length
lesson
liaison
library
license
lieutenant
light
lightening
lightning
likelihood
likely
liquefy
listen
literal
literature
livelihood
loaf
loneliness
loose
lose
losing
lovely
loyal
loyalty
luxury
magazine
maintain
maintenance
manageable
maneuver
manufacture
marriage
married
marry
marshmallow
match
material
mathematics
measure
medicine
medieval
memento
might
millennium
million
millionaire
miniature
minimum
minuscule
minutes
minutia
miracle
miscellaneous
mischief
mischievous
misogyny
missile
misspell
misspelled
mistake
momentous
monkey
monotonous
moral
morale
mortgage
mosquito
mosquitoes
mountain
mournful
murmur
muscle
mysterious
mystery

“N - P” Words

narrative
natural
naturally
nauseated
nauseous
necessary
necessity
needle
negligence
neighbor
neither
neutron
newspaper
newsstand
nickel
niece
night
ninety
ninth
no one
noticeable
nowadays
nuisance
obedience
obedient
obstacle
occasion
occasional
occasionally
occur
occurred
occurrence
ocean
official
omission
omit
omitted
once
online, on-line
operate
opinion
opponent
opportune
opportunity
oppression
optimism
optimist
optimistic
orchestra
ordinarily
origin
original
oscillate
ought
ounce
outrageous
overcoat
overrun
paid
pamphlet
panicky
parallel
parallelism
parliament
particular
partner
pastime
patience
pavilion
peace
peaceable
pear
peculiar
pencil
penetrate
peninsula
people
perceive
perception
perfect
perform
performance
perhaps
permanence
permanent
permissible
permitted
perpendicular
perseverance
persevere
persistence
persistent
personal
personality
personnel
perspiration
persuade
persuasion
pertain
pharaoh
physical
physician
picture
piece
pigeon
pilgrimage
pistachio
pitiful
plagiarize
plain
plane
planning
playwright
pleasant
please
pleasure
plenitude
plight
pneumonia
pocket
poinsettia
poison
policeman
political
population
portray
portrayal
positive
possess
possession
possessive
possibility
possible
potato
potatoes
practical
practically
prairie
precede
precedence
preceding
precise
predictable
prefer
preference
preferential
preferred
prejudice
preparation
prepare
prescription
presence
president
presumptuous
prevalent
primitive
principal
principle
printout
privilege
probably
procedure
proceed
produce
profession
professional
professor
profitable
prominent
promise
pronounce
pronunciation
propaganda
propagate
propeller
prophecy
prophet
prospect
psychiatrist
psychology
publicly
puerile
pursue
pursuit

“Q - S” Words

quality
quantity
quarantine
quarreling
quart
quarter
questionnaire
quiet
quite
quizzes
raise
raspberry
realistic
realistically
realize
really
reason
rebellion
recede
receipt
receive
recipe
recognize
recommend
recuperate
reference
referred
referring
refrigerator
rehearsal
reign
relevant
relieve
relieving
religious
remedy
remembrance
reminisce
reminiscence
rendezvous
renovate
renowned
repetition
representative
resemblance
reservoir
resistance
resource
respectability
responsibility
restaurant
rheumatism
rhythm
rhythmical
ridiculous
right
role
roll
roommate
rough
sacrifice
sacrilegious
safety
salary
sandal
sandwich
satellite
Saturday
savvy
scarcely
scary
scene
scenery
scents
schedule
science
scientific
scissors
season
secede
secretary
seen
seize
seminar
sense
sensible
sentence
separate
separation
septuagenarian
sergeant
service
several
severely
shepherd
sheriff
shining
shinning
shish kebab
should
shoulder
shriek
siege
sight
signal
significance
significant
similar
similarity
simile
simply
simultaneous
sincerely
site
skiing
soften
solemn
solider
sophomore
sorcerer
soul
source
souvenir
special
specifically
specified
specimen
speech
sponsor
spontaneous
stationary
stationery
statue
statute
stomach
straight
strategy
strength
strenuous
stretch
striking
stubbornness
studying
subordinate
subpoena
substantial
subtle
succeed
success
successful
succession
sudden
sufficient
superintendent
supersede
suppress
surely
surprise
surround
susceptible
suspense
suspicious
sweat
syllable
symmetrical
sympathy
synonym
synonymous

“T - Z” Words

tangible
tariff
technical
technique
temperament
temperamental
temperature
tenant
tendency
tenement
tenet
their
themselves
theories
there
therefor
therefore
they're
thorough
though
thought
threshold
through
tight
title
together
tomorrow
tongue
too
tough
tournament
toward
towards
tragedy
transferred
transferring
treasury
tremendous
tries
truly
twelfth
twelve
tyranny
ukulele
unanimous
undoubtedly
unforgettable
unique
unnecessary
until
usable
usage
useful
usual
usually
utilization
vacuum
valley
valuable
variety
vegetable
vein
vengeance
versatile
vicinity
vicious
view
vigilant
village
villain
violence
virtue
visible
vision
visitor
voice
volume
waist
warrant
warrior
weak
weal
wear
weather
website
Wednesday
week
weigh
weird
wheel
wherever
whether
which
while
whole
wholly
whose
withdrawal
woman
women
worthwhile
would
wrap
wretched
wrinkle
write
writing
xylophone
yacht
yield
young
your
you're
Zeitgeist
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