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Are you confident in your ability to hold a conversation in English? Do you know enough common words and idioms to be able to speak on a variety of topics in English?
If you answered yes to those two questions, good for you, you are on your way to achieving fluency. To truly say that you can communicate in English, however, you also need to know how to write in English.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for English language learners who are trying to learn how to write in English is the fact that it’s so easy to misspell English words!
One big reason why it is so easy to misspell an English word, even if you know how to pronounce it and how to use it, is the fact that English is not a phonetic language. This means that many words may be spelled completely differently from how they are spoken, thus knowing what a word means and how it is said is no guarantee that you can spell it correctly.
If you want to be able to communicate effectively in written English, you need to make an effort to learn how to spell words correctly. In order to do that, you need to study lists of commonly misspelled words, such as the ones we have listed below.
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absence
Commonly misspelled as: absense, absentse, abcense, absance
Meaning: Being away from a person or a place. Can also mean the lack of something.
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acceptable
Commonly misspelled as: acceptible
Meaning: Suitable or agreeable.
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accidentally/accidently
Commonly misspelled as: accidentaly
Meaning: By chance or inadvertently.
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achieve
Commonly misspelled as: acheive
Meaning: Reached a goal
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acknowledge
Commonly misspelled as: acknowlege, aknowledge
Meaning: To accept as truth or to recognize someone or something.
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acquaintance
Commonly misspelled as: acquaintence, aquaintance
Meaning: Someone you know but are not really close to.
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acquire
Commonly misspelled as: aquire, adquire
Meaning: To come in possession of.
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address
Commonly misspelled as: address
Meaning: A location. Can also mean to give a speech.
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advisable
Commonly misspelled as: adviseable, advizable
Meaning: The recommended or sensible course of action.
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affect
Commonly misspelled as: effect
Meaning: To influence or have effect on.
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aggressive
Commonly misspelled as: agressive
Meaning: Ready or likely to attack someone or pursue one’s aims regardless of obstacles.
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allegiance
Commonly misspelled as: allegaince, allegience, alegiance
Meaning: To be loyal or committed
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almost
Commonly misspelled: allmost
Meaning: Nearly
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amateur
Commonly misspelled as: amatuer, amature
Meaning: Nonprofessional or unqualified.
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annually
Commonly misspelled as: anually, annualy
Meaning: Happens once a year
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apparent
Commonly misspelled as: apparant, aparent, apparrent, aparrent
Meaning: Clearly visible. Obvious.
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argument
Commonly misspelled as: arguement
Meaning: Disagreement
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awful
Commonly misspelled as: awfull, aweful
Meaning: Unpleasant
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because
Commonly misspelled as: becuase
Meaning: The reason that
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beautiful
Commonly misspelled as: beatiful
Meaning: Pleasing to look at, attractive
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beginning
Commonly misspelled as: begining
Meaning: The start
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believe
Commonly misspelled as: beleive
Meaning: Accept as true
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business
Commonly misspelled as: buisness
Meaning: Occupation, how someone makes a living
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category
Commonly misspelled as: catagory
Meaning: A classification or categorization
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colleague
Commonly misspelled as: collaegue, collegue
Meaning: coworker
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committed
Commonly misspelled as: commited, comitted
Meaning: Dedicated or loyal to
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congratulate
Commonly misspelled as: congradulate
Meaning: To acknowledge someone’s good fortune or achievements
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conscious
Commonly misspelled as: concious, consious
Meaning: To be aware or have knowledge of
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controversy
Commonly misspelled as: contraversy
Meaning: A public disagreement or dispute
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coolly
Commonly misspelled as: cooly
Meaning: Lacking friendliness. Unexcited.
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deceive
Commonly misspelled as: decieve
Meaning: Fool or mislead
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definite
Commonly misspelled as: definate, definit
Meaning: Clearly stated or certain
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desperate
Commonly misspelled as: desparate
Meaning: Hopeless
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difference
Commonly misspelled as: diffrence
Meaning: Not the same
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dilemma
Commonly misspelled as: dilema
Meaning: Problem
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disappoint
Commonly misspelled as: dissapoint
Meaning: Let down
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drunkenness
Commonly misspelled as: drunkeness
Meaning: Having consumed too much alcohol
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embarrass
Commonly misspelled as: embarass
Meaning: To feel shame
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equipment
Commonly misspelled as: equiptment
Meaning: Items that are necessary for a job or endevour
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exceed
Commonly misspelled as: excede
Meaning: Go beyond expectations, more than was needed
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exhilarate
Commonly misspelled as: exilerate
Meaning: To thrill or delight
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experience
Commonly misspelled as: experiance
Meaning: To encounter or undergo
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extreme
Commonly misspelled as: extreem
Meaning: Maximum
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fascinating
Commonly misspelled as: facinating
Meaning: Extremely interesting
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foreign
Commonly misspelled as: foriegn
Meaning: From another country or culture, unfamiliar
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friend
Commonly misspelled as: freind
Meaning: Companion, someone unrelated to that you are close to.
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grateful
Commonly misspelled as: gratefull, greatful
Meaning: Thankful
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guarantee
Commonly misspelled as: garantee, garentee, garanty
Meaning: A formal promise
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guidance
Commonly misspelled as: guidence
Meaning: Advice
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harass
Commonly misspelled as: harrass
Meaning: To pay unwanted attention to
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height
Commonly misspelled as: heighth, heigth
Meaning: A measurement taken from the bottom to the top
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humorous
Commonly misspelled as: humerous
Meaning: Funny
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hygiene
Commonly misspelled as: hygene, hygine, hiygeine, higeine, hygeine
Meaning: Practices or habits that ensure cleanliness
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ignorance
Commonly misspelled as: ignorence
Meaning: To lack knowledge, be unaware
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imitate
Commonly misspelled as: imitate
Meaning: To follow or copy
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immediately
Commonly misspelled as: imediately
Meaning: Right away
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independent
Commonly misspelled as: independant
Meaning: Free from outside interference, self-sufficient
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intelligence
Commonly misspelled as: inteligence, intelligence
Meaning: Possessing knowledge, ability to acquire and use knowledge
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jewelry
Commonly misspelled as: jewelery
Meaning: Ornaments
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leisure
Commonly misspelled as: liesure
Meaning: Time to relax or have fun
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library
Commonly misspelled as: libary, liberry
Meaning: Building or room where a collection of written materials are kept.
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maintenance
Commonly misspelled as: maintainance, maintnance
Meaning: To keep in good condition
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memento
Commonly misspelled as: momento
Meaning: A keepsake, something with sentimental value
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mischievous
Commonly misspelled as: mischievious, mischevous, mischevious
Meaning: Causing trouble in a playful manner
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necessary
Commonly misspelled as: neccessary, necessery
Meaning: Needed
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neighbour
Commonly misspelled as: nieghbor
Meaning: Someone who lives next door, in the same area
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noticeable
Commonly misspelled as: noticable
Meaning: Something that is easily seen
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occasion
Commonly misspelled as: occassion
Meaning: A special date or event
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original
Commonly misspelled as: orignal
Meaning: First or earliest example
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pastime
Commonly misspelled as: passtime, pasttime
Meaning: Hobby, something one does for enjoyment
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perceive
Commonly misspelled as: percieve
Meaning: Become aware of, to look at in a particular way
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perseverance
Commonly misspelled as: perseverence
Meaning: Refusal to give up
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personnel
Commonly misspelled as: personell, personel
Meaning: People employed by an organization
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plagiarize
Commonly misspelled as: plagerize
Meaning: Take someone else’s work and claim it is yours
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possession
Commonly misspelled as: posession, possesion
Meaning: To take ownership, something you own
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precede
Commonly misspelled as: preceed
Meaning: To come before something else
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presence
Commonly misspelled as: presance
Meaning: To exist or to be found in an area
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privilege
Commonly misspelled as; privelege, priviledge
Meaning: To have special rights or the advantage
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professor
Commonly misspelled as: professer
Meaning: A high ranking teacher, usually in a university or college
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promise
Commonly misspelled as: promiss
Meaning: Assure someone that something will happen
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pronunciation
Commonly misspelled as: pronounciation
Meaning: How a word is said
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proof
Commonly misspelled as: prufe
Meaning: Evidence
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publicly
Commonly misspelled as: publically
Meaning: In public, where other people can see
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quarantine
Commonly misspelled as: quarentine
Meaning: A period of isolation after being exposed to a contagious disease
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readable
Commonly misspelled as: readible
Meaning: Able to read and enjoyable read
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really
Commonly misspelled as: realy
Meaning: A fact, real
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receive
Commonly misspelled as: recieve
Meaning: To be given, to welcome
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reference
Commonly misspelled as: referance, refrence
Meaning: To mention
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relevant
Commonly misspelled as: relevent, revelant
Meaning: Pertaining to, related to
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religious
Commonly misspelled as; religous, religius
Meaning: To be devote, something related to a religion
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restaurant
Commonly misspelled as: restarant, restaraunt
Meaning: An establishment where food is sold for consumption
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seize
Commonly misspelled as: sieze
Meaning: Grab suddenly or take by force
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separate
Commonly misspelled as: seperate
Meaning: To keep apart
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similar
Commonly misspelled as: similer
Meaning: Resemble, slightly the same
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speech
Commonly misspelled as: speach, speeche
Meaning: The ability to talk, a formal address
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successful
Commonly misspelled as: succesful, successfull, sucessful
Meaning: To have accomplished a goal
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surprise
Commonly misspelled as: suprise
Meaning: Something unexpected
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tomorrow
Commonly misspelled as: tommorow, tommorrow
Meaning: The day after today
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tyranny
Commonly misspelled as: tyrany
Meaning: An oppressive ruler or government
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until
Commonly misspelled as: untill
Meaning: up to a point
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vehicle
Commonly misspelled as: vehical
Meaning: Transportation
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weather
Commonly misspelled as: wether, whether
Meaning: Atmospheric condition in an area
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weird
Commonly misspelled as: weird
Meaning: uncanny or supernatural
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welfare
Commonly misspelled as: wellfare, welfair
Meaning: The health and happiness of a person or group
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writing
Commonly misspelled as: writting, writeing
Meaning: Putting down words on paper
Conclusion
Here is a fun fact to think about when talking about commonly misspelled words, the word “misspell” itself is often misspelt as either “misspell” or “misspel”.
Being able to read and write in English is an important communication skill. You need to be able to read and understand written English such as signs and messages. You also, however, need to be able to compose and send written messages such as e-mails.
Learning the proper pronunciation of English words is important in order to make yourself understood when speaking to native English speakers. Learning the proper spelling of words, on the other hand, is how you make sure that you can compose written messages and responses that will be understood by native speakers.
Downloading this PDF of commonly misspelled words and going through them with a native English language speaking tutor can help you improve your written English. Take note of how these words are misspelled and try to be aware of any errors that you might have previously made.
