ACME
09-05-2010, 10:45 AM
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Common Spelling Errors
All the words below follow the standard British English spelling.
abscess >>>>>>> sc in the middle, two s's at the end
abseil >>>>>>> ends with -seil (not -sail)
accommodate, accommodation, etc. >>>>>>>> two cs, two ms (often misspelled with only one m)
accumulate, accumulation, etc.>>>>>>>>> two cs, one m
achieve >>>>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
acquaint, acquire, acquit, etc. >>>>>>>>> remember the c before the q
address>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two ds
aggressive, aggression, etc. >>>>>>>>>> two g's, two s's
all right >>>>>>>>>> two words (not alright)
a lot >>>>>>>>>>> two words (not alot)
amateur >>>>>>>>> ends with -eur (not -uer)
anaesthetic >>>>>>>>>>> -ae- after the n
Antarctic >>>>>>>>> remember the c after the r
apartment >>>>>>>>>>> only one p
apparent >>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
aqueduct >>>>>>>> e after the u (not aqua-)
archaeology >>>>>>>>>> -ae- after the h
Arctic >>>>>>>>> remember the c after the r
argument >>>>>>>>>> no e after the u
artefact arte- >>>>>>>>(arti- is the US spelling)
asterisk ends with -isk>>>>>>> (Asterix is a cartoon character)
attach >>>>>>>>> ends with -ach (no t)
beautiful, beauty, etc. >>>>>>>>> remember the u (not beat-)
belief, believe>>>>>>>>>> i before e
benighted >>>>>>>>> no k in the middle
besiege >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
biased >>>>>>>>>>> only one s
bigoted >>>>>>>>> only one t
blatant >>>>>>>>> ends with -ant (not -ent)
brief >>>>>>>> i before e
broccoli >>>>>>>>> two cs, one l
buoy, buoyant >>>>>>>>> u before the o
cappuccino >>>>>>>> two ps, two cs
Caribbean >>>>>>>>> one r, two bs
ceiling >>>>>>>>> e before i
cemetery >>>>>>>> 3 vowels, all es
civilian >>>>>>>>>> only one l
coconut >>>>>>>>> -co- in the middle (no a)
commemorate >>>>>>>> two ms, then single m
commitment >>>>>>> two ms, one t in the middle
committee >>>>>>>>>>> two ms, two ts
comparative >>>>>>>> -rative (not -ritive)
compatible >>>>>>>> -tible (not -table)
competent>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
conceive >>>>>>>>> e before i
consensus -sensus>>>>>>> (not -census)
contemporary >>>>>>> ends with -porary (not -pory)
correspondence >>>>>>>> ends with -ence (not -ance)
cursor >>>>>>>>> ends with -or (not -er)
deceive>>>>>>>>>> e before i
definite >>>>>>> -ite (not -ate)
descendant >>>>>>>ends with -ant (not -ent)
despair >>>>>>>> begins with des- (not dis-)
desperate >>>>>>>>> -per- in the middle (not -par-)
detach >>>>>>>> ends with -ach (no t)
diarrhoea >>>>>>> two rs, ends with -hoea
disappear >>>>>>> one s, two ps
disappoint >>>>>>> one s, two ps
disastrous>>>>>>>> ends with -trous (not -terous)
discipline >>>>>>>> remember the c after the s
dissect>>>>>>>>>>> two s's
ecstasy >>>>>>>> ecs- (not x), ends with -asy
eighth>>>>>>>>> two hs, ends with -hth
embarrass, embarrassment, etc.>>>>>>>> two rs, two s's
environment >>>>>>>>> remember the n before the m
espresso >>>>>>>>>> begins with es- (not ex-)
estuary -tuary>>>>>>>> (not -taury)
exaggerate, exaggeration>>>>>>>>> two gs, one r
except >>>>>>>> remember the c after the x
exhilarate >>>>>>>> -lar- in the middle (not -ler-)
existence >>>>>> ends with -ence (not -ance)
extraordinary >>>>>>>>> begins with extraor- (not extror-)
extrovert >>>>>>>> begins with extro- (not extra-)
familiar >>>>>>>>>> only one l
fascinate, fascination >>>>>>>>>> remember the c after the s
February >>>>>>>>> two rs (-ruary not -uary)
fierce >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
fluorescent fluor- >>>>>>>>>>(not flour-)
foreign >>>>>>>>>>>> e before i
forty >>>>>>>> begins with for- (no u)
friend >>>>>>>>> i before e
fulfil, fulfilment >>>>>>>> two single ls
gauge -au- >>>>>>>>(not -ua-)
glamorous, glamorize >>>>>>>>>>> -mor- in the middle (no u)
government >>>>>>>>>>> remember the n before the m
graffiti >>>>>>> two fs, one t
grammar >>>>>>> ends with -ar (not -er)
grateful >>>>>>>>> begins with grate- (not great-)
grief, grieve >>>>>>>>> i before e
guarantee >>>>>>>>> -ua- (not -au-)
guard, guardian, etc.>>>>>>> -ua- (not -au-)
hamster ham-,>>>>>>>> (not hamp-)
handkerchief >>>>>>>> remember the d
harass, harassment, etc.>>>>>>>> one r, two s's
hers>>>>>> no apostrophe
hierarchy >>>>>>> i before e, ends with -archy
hindrance >>>>>>>> ends with -drance (not -derance)
homogeneous >>>>>>>>>the ending is -eous, with an e
honorary >>>>>>>> -nor- in the middle (no u)
humorous, humorist >>>>>>>> -mor- in the middle (no u)
hygiene, hygienic>>>>>>>>>> i before e
idiosyncrasy >>>>>>>>> ends with -asy (not -acy)
imaginary >>>>>>>>> ends with -ary (not -ery)
immediately >>>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ately (not -atly)
inadvertent >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
independent >>>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
inoculate >>>>>>>>>>>>> one n, one c
insistent >>>>>>>>>>>>ends with -ent (not -ant)
instalment >>>>>>>>> one l
interrupt, interruption>>>>>>>>>>> two rs
introvert >>>>>>>>>> begins with intro- (not intra-)
irrelevant >>>>>>>>>>>>> two rs, ends with -ant
itinerary >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ary (not -ery)
jocular >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ar (not -er)
judgement >>>>>>>> use judgement in general contexts, judgment in legal use
kernel >>>>>>>>>ends with -el (not -al)
knowledge >>>>>>>>>>> remember the d
language>>>>>>>>>>>> -guage (not -gauge)
liaise, liaison >>>>>>>> remember the second i: liais-
library>>>>>>> two rs (-rary)
lightning>>>>>>>> lightn- (no e)
liquefy >>>>>>>> -efy (not -ify)
maintenance >>>>>>>> -ten- (not -tain-), ends with -ance
manoeuvre >>>>>>> -oeu- in the middle, ends with -vre
medicine >>>>>>>> begins with medi- (not mede-)
Mediterranean >>>>>>>>>>> one d, one t, two rs
millennium>>>>>>>>>>>> two ls, two ns
millionaire >>>>>>>>> two ls, one n
miniature >>>>>>>>>> remember the a after the i : minia-
minuscule >>>>>>>>>> -uscule (not -iscule)
mischievous >>>>>>>>> i before e, ends with -vous (not -vious)
misspell >>>>>>>> two s's
moreover >>>>>>>> remember the middle e
necessary, necessity, etc.>>>>>>>>>> one c, two s's
negotiate >>>>>>>>>>ends with -tiate (not -ciate)
niece>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
noticeable >>>>>>>>>> remember the middle e
occasion >>>>>>>>>>> two cs, one s
occur >>>>>>>>>>>>> two cs, one r
occurrence>>>>>>>>>>> two cs, two rs
omission, omit >>>>>>>>>> one m
opportunity >>>>>>>>> two ps
ours no apostrophe
parallel >>>>>>>>two ls in the middle, ends with one l
parliament >>>>>>>>>>> -lia- in the middle
pejorative >>>>>>>>> begins with pej- (not perj-)
perceive >>>>>>>> e before i
permanent >>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
persistent >>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
pharaoh >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -aoh (not -oah)
pigeon >>>>>>>>>> no d before the g
Portuguese >>>>>>>>> ends with -guese (remember the 2nd u)
possess, possession, etc.>>>>>>>>>>> two s's in the middle and two at the end
potato>>>>>>> no e at the end of the singular (but add -es to make the plural)
privilege >>>>>>> ends with -lege (not -ledge)
pronunciation >>>>>>>>>-nunc- in the middle (no o)
propaganda >>>>>>>>> begins with propa- (not propo-)
protein >>>>>>>> e before i
publicly>>>>>>>>> ends with -cly (not -cally)
pursue, pursuit >>>>>>>>> begins with pur- (not per-)
questionnaire >>>>>>>>>>>> two ns, one r
rarefied rare- >>>>>>>>>>>(not rari-)
receive>>>>>>>>>>>> e before i
recommend, recommendation, etc. >>>>>>>>>> one c, two ms
refrigerator>>>>>>>>>> no d
relevant >>>>>>>>>ends with -ant (not -ent)
relief, relieve >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
religious >>>>>>>> ends with -gious (not -gous)
restaurateur >>>>>>>>>>>> no n: -rateur
resuscitate>>>>>>>>> -susc- in the middle (not -suss-)
rhythm >>>>>>>>begins with rhy-, ends with -thm
rigorous >>>>>>>> -gor- in the middle (no u)
risotto >>>>>>>>> one s, two ts
sacrilege -rilege >>>>>>>>>(not -relige)
Scandinavian >>>>>>>>> -din- in the middle (not -dan-)
seize >>>>>>>>>> e before i
separate >>>>>>>>> -par- in the middle (not -per-)
siege>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
sieve >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
skilful >>>>>>>>>> two single ls
success, successful, etc. >>>>>>>>>>> two cs, two s's
supersede >>>>>>>>>> -sede (not -cede)
suppress>>>>>>>>>> two ps
surprise >>>>>>>>> begins with sur- (not sup-)
tariff >>>>>>> one r, two fs
temperature >>>>>>>>>-pera- in the middle
theirs>>>>>>>>> no apostrophe
thief >>>>> i before e
threshold >>>>>>> one h in the middle
tomato >>>>>>>no e at the end of the singular (but add -es to make the plural)
tomorrow >>>>>>>>>>> one m, two rs
truly>>>>>>> no e
underrate >>>>>>>two rs in the middle
unforeseen >>>>>>> remember the e after the r
until >>>>>>>just one l at the end
unwieldy >>>>>>>>> i before e
usage >>>>>>>>> just one e, at the end
vaccinate >>>>>>>>> two cs
vegetable >>>>>>>> vege- (not vega-)
veterinary >>>>>>> -er- in the middle; -ary at the end
vulnerable>>>>>>>>> remember the l before the n
Wednesday >>>>>>>> remember the d before the n
weird >>>>>>>> e before i
wield >>>>>> i before e
wilful>>>>>>>>> two single ls
withhold >>>>>>>> two hs in the middle
yield >>>>>>> i before e
yours >>>>>>>> no apostrophe
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Common Spelling Errors
All the words below follow the standard British English spelling.
abscess >>>>>>> sc in the middle, two s's at the end
abseil >>>>>>> ends with -seil (not -sail)
accommodate, accommodation, etc. >>>>>>>> two cs, two ms (often misspelled with only one m)
accumulate, accumulation, etc.>>>>>>>>> two cs, one m
achieve >>>>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
acquaint, acquire, acquit, etc. >>>>>>>>> remember the c before the q
address>>>>>>>>>>>>>> two ds
aggressive, aggression, etc. >>>>>>>>>> two g's, two s's
all right >>>>>>>>>> two words (not alright)
a lot >>>>>>>>>>> two words (not alot)
amateur >>>>>>>>> ends with -eur (not -uer)
anaesthetic >>>>>>>>>>> -ae- after the n
Antarctic >>>>>>>>> remember the c after the r
apartment >>>>>>>>>>> only one p
apparent >>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
aqueduct >>>>>>>> e after the u (not aqua-)
archaeology >>>>>>>>>> -ae- after the h
Arctic >>>>>>>>> remember the c after the r
argument >>>>>>>>>> no e after the u
artefact arte- >>>>>>>>(arti- is the US spelling)
asterisk ends with -isk>>>>>>> (Asterix is a cartoon character)
attach >>>>>>>>> ends with -ach (no t)
beautiful, beauty, etc. >>>>>>>>> remember the u (not beat-)
belief, believe>>>>>>>>>> i before e
benighted >>>>>>>>> no k in the middle
besiege >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
biased >>>>>>>>>>> only one s
bigoted >>>>>>>>> only one t
blatant >>>>>>>>> ends with -ant (not -ent)
brief >>>>>>>> i before e
broccoli >>>>>>>>> two cs, one l
buoy, buoyant >>>>>>>>> u before the o
cappuccino >>>>>>>> two ps, two cs
Caribbean >>>>>>>>> one r, two bs
ceiling >>>>>>>>> e before i
cemetery >>>>>>>> 3 vowels, all es
civilian >>>>>>>>>> only one l
coconut >>>>>>>>> -co- in the middle (no a)
commemorate >>>>>>>> two ms, then single m
commitment >>>>>>> two ms, one t in the middle
committee >>>>>>>>>>> two ms, two ts
comparative >>>>>>>> -rative (not -ritive)
compatible >>>>>>>> -tible (not -table)
competent>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
conceive >>>>>>>>> e before i
consensus -sensus>>>>>>> (not -census)
contemporary >>>>>>> ends with -porary (not -pory)
correspondence >>>>>>>> ends with -ence (not -ance)
cursor >>>>>>>>> ends with -or (not -er)
deceive>>>>>>>>>> e before i
definite >>>>>>> -ite (not -ate)
descendant >>>>>>>ends with -ant (not -ent)
despair >>>>>>>> begins with des- (not dis-)
desperate >>>>>>>>> -per- in the middle (not -par-)
detach >>>>>>>> ends with -ach (no t)
diarrhoea >>>>>>> two rs, ends with -hoea
disappear >>>>>>> one s, two ps
disappoint >>>>>>> one s, two ps
disastrous>>>>>>>> ends with -trous (not -terous)
discipline >>>>>>>> remember the c after the s
dissect>>>>>>>>>>> two s's
ecstasy >>>>>>>> ecs- (not x), ends with -asy
eighth>>>>>>>>> two hs, ends with -hth
embarrass, embarrassment, etc.>>>>>>>> two rs, two s's
environment >>>>>>>>> remember the n before the m
espresso >>>>>>>>>> begins with es- (not ex-)
estuary -tuary>>>>>>>> (not -taury)
exaggerate, exaggeration>>>>>>>>> two gs, one r
except >>>>>>>> remember the c after the x
exhilarate >>>>>>>> -lar- in the middle (not -ler-)
existence >>>>>> ends with -ence (not -ance)
extraordinary >>>>>>>>> begins with extraor- (not extror-)
extrovert >>>>>>>> begins with extro- (not extra-)
familiar >>>>>>>>>> only one l
fascinate, fascination >>>>>>>>>> remember the c after the s
February >>>>>>>>> two rs (-ruary not -uary)
fierce >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
fluorescent fluor- >>>>>>>>>>(not flour-)
foreign >>>>>>>>>>>> e before i
forty >>>>>>>> begins with for- (no u)
friend >>>>>>>>> i before e
fulfil, fulfilment >>>>>>>> two single ls
gauge -au- >>>>>>>>(not -ua-)
glamorous, glamorize >>>>>>>>>>> -mor- in the middle (no u)
government >>>>>>>>>>> remember the n before the m
graffiti >>>>>>> two fs, one t
grammar >>>>>>> ends with -ar (not -er)
grateful >>>>>>>>> begins with grate- (not great-)
grief, grieve >>>>>>>>> i before e
guarantee >>>>>>>>> -ua- (not -au-)
guard, guardian, etc.>>>>>>> -ua- (not -au-)
hamster ham-,>>>>>>>> (not hamp-)
handkerchief >>>>>>>> remember the d
harass, harassment, etc.>>>>>>>> one r, two s's
hers>>>>>> no apostrophe
hierarchy >>>>>>> i before e, ends with -archy
hindrance >>>>>>>> ends with -drance (not -derance)
homogeneous >>>>>>>>>the ending is -eous, with an e
honorary >>>>>>>> -nor- in the middle (no u)
humorous, humorist >>>>>>>> -mor- in the middle (no u)
hygiene, hygienic>>>>>>>>>> i before e
idiosyncrasy >>>>>>>>> ends with -asy (not -acy)
imaginary >>>>>>>>> ends with -ary (not -ery)
immediately >>>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ately (not -atly)
inadvertent >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
independent >>>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
inoculate >>>>>>>>>>>>> one n, one c
insistent >>>>>>>>>>>>ends with -ent (not -ant)
instalment >>>>>>>>> one l
interrupt, interruption>>>>>>>>>>> two rs
introvert >>>>>>>>>> begins with intro- (not intra-)
irrelevant >>>>>>>>>>>>> two rs, ends with -ant
itinerary >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ary (not -ery)
jocular >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -ar (not -er)
judgement >>>>>>>> use judgement in general contexts, judgment in legal use
kernel >>>>>>>>>ends with -el (not -al)
knowledge >>>>>>>>>>> remember the d
language>>>>>>>>>>>> -guage (not -gauge)
liaise, liaison >>>>>>>> remember the second i: liais-
library>>>>>>> two rs (-rary)
lightning>>>>>>>> lightn- (no e)
liquefy >>>>>>>> -efy (not -ify)
maintenance >>>>>>>> -ten- (not -tain-), ends with -ance
manoeuvre >>>>>>> -oeu- in the middle, ends with -vre
medicine >>>>>>>> begins with medi- (not mede-)
Mediterranean >>>>>>>>>>> one d, one t, two rs
millennium>>>>>>>>>>>> two ls, two ns
millionaire >>>>>>>>> two ls, one n
miniature >>>>>>>>>> remember the a after the i : minia-
minuscule >>>>>>>>>> -uscule (not -iscule)
mischievous >>>>>>>>> i before e, ends with -vous (not -vious)
misspell >>>>>>>> two s's
moreover >>>>>>>> remember the middle e
necessary, necessity, etc.>>>>>>>>>> one c, two s's
negotiate >>>>>>>>>>ends with -tiate (not -ciate)
niece>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
noticeable >>>>>>>>>> remember the middle e
occasion >>>>>>>>>>> two cs, one s
occur >>>>>>>>>>>>> two cs, one r
occurrence>>>>>>>>>>> two cs, two rs
omission, omit >>>>>>>>>> one m
opportunity >>>>>>>>> two ps
ours no apostrophe
parallel >>>>>>>>two ls in the middle, ends with one l
parliament >>>>>>>>>>> -lia- in the middle
pejorative >>>>>>>>> begins with pej- (not perj-)
perceive >>>>>>>> e before i
permanent >>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
persistent >>>>>>>>> ends with -ent (not -ant)
pharaoh >>>>>>>>>>> ends with -aoh (not -oah)
pigeon >>>>>>>>>> no d before the g
Portuguese >>>>>>>>> ends with -guese (remember the 2nd u)
possess, possession, etc.>>>>>>>>>>> two s's in the middle and two at the end
potato>>>>>>> no e at the end of the singular (but add -es to make the plural)
privilege >>>>>>> ends with -lege (not -ledge)
pronunciation >>>>>>>>>-nunc- in the middle (no o)
propaganda >>>>>>>>> begins with propa- (not propo-)
protein >>>>>>>> e before i
publicly>>>>>>>>> ends with -cly (not -cally)
pursue, pursuit >>>>>>>>> begins with pur- (not per-)
questionnaire >>>>>>>>>>>> two ns, one r
rarefied rare- >>>>>>>>>>>(not rari-)
receive>>>>>>>>>>>> e before i
recommend, recommendation, etc. >>>>>>>>>> one c, two ms
refrigerator>>>>>>>>>> no d
relevant >>>>>>>>>ends with -ant (not -ent)
relief, relieve >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
religious >>>>>>>> ends with -gious (not -gous)
restaurateur >>>>>>>>>>>> no n: -rateur
resuscitate>>>>>>>>> -susc- in the middle (not -suss-)
rhythm >>>>>>>>begins with rhy-, ends with -thm
rigorous >>>>>>>> -gor- in the middle (no u)
risotto >>>>>>>>> one s, two ts
sacrilege -rilege >>>>>>>>>(not -relige)
Scandinavian >>>>>>>>> -din- in the middle (not -dan-)
seize >>>>>>>>>> e before i
separate >>>>>>>>> -par- in the middle (not -per-)
siege>>>>>>>>>>> i before e
sieve >>>>>>>>>>> i before e
skilful >>>>>>>>>> two single ls
success, successful, etc. >>>>>>>>>>> two cs, two s's
supersede >>>>>>>>>> -sede (not -cede)
suppress>>>>>>>>>> two ps
surprise >>>>>>>>> begins with sur- (not sup-)
tariff >>>>>>> one r, two fs
temperature >>>>>>>>>-pera- in the middle
theirs>>>>>>>>> no apostrophe
thief >>>>> i before e
threshold >>>>>>> one h in the middle
tomato >>>>>>>no e at the end of the singular (but add -es to make the plural)
tomorrow >>>>>>>>>>> one m, two rs
truly>>>>>>> no e
underrate >>>>>>>two rs in the middle
unforeseen >>>>>>> remember the e after the r
until >>>>>>>just one l at the end
unwieldy >>>>>>>>> i before e
usage >>>>>>>>> just one e, at the end
vaccinate >>>>>>>>> two cs
vegetable >>>>>>>> vege- (not vega-)
veterinary >>>>>>> -er- in the middle; -ary at the end
vulnerable>>>>>>>>> remember the l before the n
Wednesday >>>>>>>> remember the d before the n
weird >>>>>>>> e before i
wield >>>>>> i before e
wilful>>>>>>>>> two single ls
withhold >>>>>>>> two hs in the middle
yield >>>>>>> i before e
yours >>>>>>>> no apostrophe
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