Oh, So That's How You Spell It!

A list of commonly misspelled words!

You've been through the Rules and the Dolch/Gage list. Now, take a gander at the most commonly misspelled words! 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