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Commonly Misspelled Words

Spelling words in English is a challenging task because English words are not spelled phonetically. That is, words in English are not spelled according to how they sound. The words below are the most commonly misspelled words in the English language. Use this link to hear the pronunciation, or to learn the definition, of any word listed below.

absence	desirability	itinerary	relieve
abundance	development	judgment	reminiscence
accidentally	dilemma	knowledge	renaissance
acclaim	dilettante	laboratory	renowned
accommodate	dissatisfied	leisure	repetition
accumulate	dissension	liable	rescind
achievement	drunkenness	liaison	restaurateur
acquaintance	ecstasy	license	rhythm
acquiesce	effect	lien	ridiculous
affect	eighth	lieutenant	sacrilegious
aggravate	eligible	liquefy	satellite
allotted	embarrassed	loose	schedule
analogous	entrepreneur	lose	scissors
analysis	enumerate	losing	seize
anoint	erroneous	maintenance	separate
antiquated	escrow	memento	siege
appall	exhilarate	minuscule	similar
apparatus	existence	mischievous	solely
appreciable	exonerate	misspell	souvenir
argument	eyeing	narrative	stationary
athletic	facsimile	necessary	stationery
assistant	fallacy	neutral	strength
attendance	familiar	noticeable	subsistence
auxiliary	February	occasion	subtlety
beginning	fictitious	occurred	subtly
believe	fiery	occurrence	succeed
bulletin	financier	omitted	suing
ceiling	fluorescent	optimistic	supersede
cemetery	foresee	original	surreptitious
census	foreword	oscillate	surveillance
changeable	forfeit	pamphlets	susceptible
coincidence	fulfill	parallel	tariff
commitment	further	pastime	temperamental
committee	gauge	penitentiary	theater
comparative	government	perhaps	threshold
concede	graffiti	perseverance	tragedy
conceive	grammar	persistent	transferred
condominium	grievance	phenomenal	tyranny
connoisseur	gruesome	phenomenon	truly
conscience	guarantee	prairie	unanimous
conscientious	harass	preceding	unmanageable
consensus	height	prerogative	unwieldy
continuously	heroine	principal	unnecessary
controversial	hors d'oeuvre	principle	usage
coolly	hypocrisy	privilege	vacillate
council	ignorant	proceed	vacuum
curriculum	inadvertent	questionnaire	vilify
deceive	indispensable	quiet	warrant
deductible	innocuous	quite	Wednesday
definitely	inoculate	rarefy	weird
dependent	insistent	receive	whether
descendant	iridescent	recommend	wholly
desert	irrelevant	referred	wield
dessert	irresistible	relevant	yield