Common Spelling Mistakes: Quiz + Word List
English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers! This is because English is not 100% phonetic and also because there are so many exceptions…
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Word List
間違いやすい綴りの英単語の一覧
Below is a list with common spelling mistakes made in English
Correct Spelling ◯
Misspelt/Misspelled Words X
Words Beginning with the Letter A
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aberration
X
abberration
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accessibility
X
accessability
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accommodation
X
accomodation
acommodation
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achieve
X
acheive
◯
address
X
adress
◯
advertisement
X
advertisment
◯
a lot or allot
X
alot
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ulterior
X
alterior
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appreciated
X
apreciated
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atheist
X
athiest
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available
X
availible
avalable
B
◯
beginning
X
beggining
◯
believe
X
beleive
C
◯
category
X
catagory
◯
Caucasian
X
Caucasion
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cemetery
X
cemetary
◯
commitment
(but committed, committing, committee)
X
committment
◯
consensus
X
concensus
◯
conceive
X
concieve
◯
confirmation
X
confermation
◯
copyright
X
copywrite
D
◯
Dalmatian
X
Dalmation
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decaffeinated
X
decaffinated
◯
decathlon
X
decathalon
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definitely
X
definately
definetly
definatly
definantly
definently
defiantly
◯
definitions
X
defanitions
◯
dependence
X
dependance
◯
desiccate
X
dessicate
desicate
◯
desirable
X
desireable
◯
diarrhoea
X
diarhea
◯
disappoint
X
dissapoint
◯
dispel
X
dispell
E
◯
embarrass
X
embarass
◯
environment
X
enviroment
◯
espresso
X
expresso
F
◯
fascist
X
facist
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February
X
Febuary
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fifty
X
fivety
◯
fluorescent
X
fluoroscent
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fluoride
X
flouride
◯
fourteen
X
forteen
◯
forty
X
fourty
◯
friend
X
freind
G
◯
genealogy
X
geneology
◯
Glen
X
Gren, Gran, Glan
◯
government
X
goverment
◯
grammar
X
grammer
H
◯
hamster
X
hampster
◯
harass
X
harrass
◯
hemorrhage (American English spelling)
haemorrhage (British (Commonwealth) English spelling)
X
hemorage
◯
heroes
X
heros
◯
height
X
hight
◯
hygiene
X
hygeine
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hypocrisy
X
hypocrasy
I
◯
independence
X
independance
◯
innate
X
inate
◯
incompatibility
X
incompatability
◯
inoculate
X
innoculate
◯
interesting
X
intresting
J
◯
judge
X
juge
K
◯
knowledge
X
knowlege
L
◯
laser
X
lazer
◯
library
X
libary
◯
lightning
X
lightening
M
◯
manageable
X
managable
◯
millennium
X
millenium
◯
mischievous
X
mischievious
◯
misspell
X
mispell
◯
missile
X
missle
◯
monastery
(remember that “monastic” is not “monestic”)
X
monestary
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monkeys
X
monkies
◯
mortgage
X
morgage
◯
mountain
X
mountian
N
◯
necessary
X
neccessary
◯
niece
X
neice
◯
nickel
X
nickle
◯
ninth
X
nineth
◯
ninety
X
ninty
◯
no one
no-one
X
noone
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noticeable
X
noticable
O
◯
obsolete
X
obselete
◯
occurred
X
occured
◯
occurrence
X
occurence
◯
opportunity
X
oppurtunity
◯
ophthalmologist
X
opthamologist
P
◯
parallel
X
paralell
parallell
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pastime
X
pasttime
◯
pavilion
X
pavillion
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piece
X
peice
◯
perceive
X
percieve
◯
perseverance
X
perserverance
◯
pursue
X
persue
◯
possession
X
posession
◯
potato
X
potatoe
◯
preceding
X
preceeding
◯
pronunciation
X
pronounciation
◯
privilege
X
privelige
◯
publicly
X
publically
Q
◯
queue
X
quew
◯
quarantine
X
quarentine
R
◯
raspberry
X
rasberry
◯
receipt
X
reciept
◯
receive
X
recieve
◯
recommend
X
reccomend
◯
regardless
X
reguardless
◯
restaurant
X
restrant
restarant
restorant
restoront
◯
rhythm
X
rythm
◯
ridiculous
X
rediculous
S
◯
Sapporo
X
Sappro
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schedule
X
shedule
◯
siege
X
seige
◯
sentence
X
sentance
◯
separate
X
seperate
◯
seize
X
sieze
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sincerely
X
sincerly
◯
speech
X
speach
◯
strategy
X
stragedy
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supersede
X
supercede
◯
surprise
X
suprise
T
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their
X
thier
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tomorrow
X
tommorrow
tomorow
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tongue
X
tounge
U
◯
uniform
X
uneform
V
◯
vacuum
X
vaccuum
vaccume
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vegetarian
X
vegeterian
vegitarian
◯
visibility
X
visability
◯
vulnerabilities
X
vunrabilities
vaunrabilities
W
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Wednesday
X
Wendesday
Wensday
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weird
X
wierd
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written
X
writen
◯
writing
X
writting
Y
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yacht
X
yact
yaght
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