Most Commonly Misspelt Words
Here you can find a collectino of the 240 most misspelt words in the English language. From these words, select those that you have trouble spelling so that you can create your own spelling list.
A
absence
acceptable
accessible
accommodation
accomplish
achievement
acquire
address
advertisement
advice – (noun)
advise – (verb)
amateur
apartment
appearance
argument
athletic
attendance
B
basically
beginning
belief – indicating the noun
believe – indicating the verb
beneficial
business
C
calendar
campaign
category
cemetery
challenge
characteristic
cigarette
clothes
column
committee
commitment
completely
condemn
conscience
conscientious
conscious
controversy
convenient
correspondence
criticism
D
deceive
definitely
definition
department
describe
despair
desperate
development
difference
difficult
disappointed
discipline
disease
E
easily
effect
eighth
either
embarrass
encouragement
enemy
entirely
environment
especially
exaggerate
excellent
existence
experience
experiment
F
familiar
February
finally
financial
foreign
foreigner
formerly
forty
fourth
G
general
generally
genius
government
grammar
grateful
guarantee
guidance
H
happily
height
heroes
humorous
hypocrite
I
ideally
imaginary
immediate
incredible
independent
influential
insurance
intelligent
interference
interrupt
introduce
island
its – for possession
it’s – for “it is” or “it has”
J
jealous
jealousy
K
kneel
knowledge
L
later
legitimate
length
library
lightning
likely
loneliness
lose (verb)
loose (adjective)
lovely
luxurious
M
maintain
maintenance
manageable
management
manufacture
marriage
married
millionaire
misspell
mischievous
money
mortgage
muscle
mysterious
N
naturally
necessary
neighbor / neighbour
ninety
noticeable
nowadays
O
obedient
obstacle
occasional
occurred
official
opinion
opportunity
opposition
ordinary
originally
P
particular
peculiar
perceive
performance
permanent
personal
personnel
physical
physician
piece
pleasant
possession
possible
possibility
potatoes
practically
prefer
privilege
professor
professional
pronounce / pronunciation
psychology
psychological
Q
quantity
quality
questionnaire
queue
quizzes
R
realistic
realize
really
receipt
receive
recognize
recommend
religion
religious
remember
representative
restaurant
rhythm
ridiculous
roommate
T
technical
technique
temperature
temporary
their (possessed by them)
there (not here)
they’re (contraction of “they are”)
themselves – not themself
U
undoubtedly
unforgettable
unique
until
V
valuable
village
violence
violent
vision
volume
W
weather – indicating climate – The weather is nice today.
Wednesday
weird
whether – (indicating if)
which
woman – (singular)
women – (plural)
worthwhile
width
writing
X Y Z
yacht
young
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