50 common misspellings
Here are 50 words that frequently lead to spelling errors- and some tips to help you avoid making mistakes.
| Words | Tips |
| accidentally | Ending is -ally (double l) |
| achieve | Achieve follows the i before e rule |
| acquire | Don't forget the c |
| bizarre | The i and the double rr are the usual causes of problems |
| basically | The ending is -ally not just -ly |
| business | Emphasise the bus and i when memorizing this word |
| category | It's e in the middle - not obvious when we pronounce it |
| changeable | The middle e is needed to make the g pronounced softly |
| column | Don't forget the silent n on the end |
| committed | Double mm and double tt |
| conscience | The sh sound is sci |
| conscious | Again, the sh sound is sci |
| definitely | It's the ite that causes the problem here |
| discipline | Don't leave out the letter c |
| exceed | The ending is ceed (not sede) |
| existence | Ending is ence - not obvious when we say it |
| experience | Same as the previous word |
| finally | Final + ly = finally: double the l |
| foreign | One of those awkward foreign words |
| foreseeable | Fore as in before |
| forty | Don't be tempted to write fourty! |
| harass | Only one r but double ss |
| height | Height is spelled like weight even though we say them differently |
| ignorance | Ignorant becomes ignorance |
| independent | Not easy to decide on ent and ant endings. This one is ent |
| indispensable | Note the ending is able |
| inoculate | Only the one n |
| intelligence | The soft g has to be followed by e |
| interrupt | Don't forget it's double rr |
| liaison | Another foreign word - you just have to learn them! |
| miniscule | It's sc not sk in the middle |
| mischievous | Note the ie in the middle and the ous ending |
| occurrence | Double cc and double rr |
| pastime | It comes from pass+time but there's only one s |
| possession | Double ss twice! |
| referred | Don't forget the double rr towards the end |
| relevant | Avoid the trap of writing revalent |
| restaurant | That au isn't obvious when we say it |
| supersede | Make sure the 6th letter is s. Supercede is an archaic spelling and is usually regarded as incorrect |
| therefore | Don't leave off the e at the end |
| tongue | A strange word - the spelling seems a little crazy |
| until | Only one l at the end |
| truly | True + ly = truly. No e required |
| vacuum | Uum rather than ume |
| weird | Say it as we + ird and it makes more sense |
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