2 MOST FREQUENTLY MISSPELLED WORDS
In this chapter, you willlearn:
. The importance of spelling and tips to improve spelling.
SPELLINGS
THE MOST FREQUENTLY MISSPELLED WORDS
The following 4 words are, perhaps the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
all right coming receive separate
School children commonly misspelled the following:
bicycle description really similar writing
For office workers, secretaries and businessmen, the culprits are the following:
advertisement correspondence definite recommend
envelope schedule
Housewives most frequently misspelled any of these words:
acquaintance development pleasant spinach
Following is a list of some of the most common spelling demons of sixth-graders in U.S. schools. Make
a quick check to see whether you need to relearn any of them.
accommodate ceiling fourth separate
across
challenge good night (two words) similar
already (one word) Christmas grammar sincerely
arithmetic coming Halloween studying
athletics, athlete deceive minute surprise
balloon description, describe missile writing,
bicycle February niece written
business forty really
High School Spelling Demons
The following list of 87 words is compiled from studies in the American School Board Journal, college
entrance and placement exams. The list is based on tests given to more than 87000 high school graduates
from 750 different American high schools. The words in italics are the words appearing in the list above,
which would mean that students have been misspelling them since the sixth grade!
absence descend guidance permanent
absurd description humorous pleasant
accidentally desperate imaginary possesS
accommodate develop immediately prejudice
across difference independent privilege
advertisement disappoint irresistible professor
all right dispensable laboratory receive
amateur embarrass lightning recommend
athletics environment losing repetition
attendance equipped lovely restaurant
beginning escape misspelled rhythm
believe exaggerate necessary schedule
business excellent neighbor separate
coming existence niece similar
committee experience OCcasion Success
condemn familiar OCcurred surprise
conscious fascinate 0CCurrence tragedy
Convenient February omitted truly
correspondence foreign opportunity villain
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, BULARY & USAGE
paralle| weird
criticize forty writing
parliament
definite government
performance
dependent grammar
Collegian Demons
The following list which has 67 words is based on spelling tests given to more than 27,000 students
and adults who had completed two years of college at 135 institutions. Note that 42 of these words.
printed in italics, are carried over from the high-school list.
foreign precede
absence council
forty prejudice
accidentally criticize
achieve government privilege
definitely grievance procedure
aggravate dependent
irresistible proceed
all right descendant
knowledge pronunciation
amateur desirable
receive
appearance despair laboratory
recommend
argument develop losing
athlete maintenance repetition
dining responsibility
believe disappear marriage
mischievous restaurant
benefited disappoint
dispensable noticeable rhythm
cemetery schedule
OCcasion
coming embarrass
committee enforcement OcCurred separate
competition environment Occurrence superintendent
conscientious exaggerate omitted supersede
conscious exceed parallel tragedy
convenience exercise permanent villain
correspondence existence permissible weird
Spelling Problems of Professionals
Many business executives and professionals still have spelling problems. Following are the 50 words which
they misspell most often. The words printed in italics are carried over from the collegian list.
accessible desirable laboratory proceed
acquainted develop license recognize
all right dispensable loneliness recommend
analyze drunkenness mortgage repetition
appearance embarrass OCCasion restaurant
assistant envelope OCCurred schedule
exceed
burglar OCCurrence seize
campaign existence omitted superintendent
canceled incidentally permissible supersede
coming insistent perseverance villain
conscientious intercede precede weird
coolly irresistible prejudice withhold
correspondence irritable
privilege
QUIZ - 1
(Time: 2 Minutes)
Choose the correctly spelled word from each pair below. This quiz comes from the high-school and college lists. Repeatthe
test until vou can give all the correct answers, in twO minutes. (Answers below)
1 (a) rhythm (b) rhithm 4. (a) absence (b) abcense (b) prejud1ce
7. (a) prejudise
(b) foriegn 5. (a) criticise (b)omited
(a) foreign (b) criticize 8. (a) omitted
3. (a) equiped (b) equipped 6. (a) priviledge (b) privilege (b) dependent
(a) dependant
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In this chapter, you willlearn:
. The importance of spelling and tips to improve spelling.
SPELLINGS
THE MOST FREQUENTLY MISSPELLED WORDS
The following 4 words are, perhaps the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
all right coming receive separate
School children commonly misspelled the following:
bicycle description really similar writing
For office workers, secretaries and businessmen, the culprits are the following:
advertisement correspondence definite recommend
envelope schedule
Housewives most frequently misspelled any of these words:
acquaintance development pleasant spinach
Following is a list of some of the most common spelling demons of sixth-graders in U.S. schools. Make
a quick check to see whether you need to relearn any of them.
accommodate ceiling fourth separate
across
challenge good night (two words) similar
already (one word) Christmas grammar sincerely
arithmetic coming Halloween studying
athletics, athlete deceive minute surprise
balloon description, describe missile writing,
bicycle February niece written
business forty really
High School Spelling Demons
The following list of 87 words is compiled from studies in the American School Board Journal, college
entrance and placement exams. The list is based on tests given to more than 87000 high school graduates
from 750 different American high schools. The words in italics are the words appearing in the list above,
which would mean that students have been misspelling them since the sixth grade!
absence descend guidance permanent
absurd description humorous pleasant
accidentally desperate imaginary possesS
accommodate develop immediately prejudice
across difference independent privilege
advertisement disappoint irresistible professor
all right dispensable laboratory receive
amateur embarrass lightning recommend
athletics environment losing repetition
attendance equipped lovely restaurant
beginning escape misspelled rhythm
believe exaggerate necessary schedule
business excellent neighbor separate
coming existence niece similar
committee experience OCcasion Success
condemn familiar OCcurred surprise
conscious fascinate 0CCurrence tragedy
Convenient February omitted truly
correspondence foreign opportunity villain
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, BULARY & USAGE
paralle| weird
criticize forty writing
parliament
definite government
performance
dependent grammar
Collegian Demons
The following list which has 67 words is based on spelling tests given to more than 27,000 students
and adults who had completed two years of college at 135 institutions. Note that 42 of these words.
printed in italics, are carried over from the high-school list.
foreign precede
absence council
forty prejudice
accidentally criticize
achieve government privilege
definitely grievance procedure
aggravate dependent
irresistible proceed
all right descendant
knowledge pronunciation
amateur desirable
receive
appearance despair laboratory
recommend
argument develop losing
athlete maintenance repetition
dining responsibility
believe disappear marriage
mischievous restaurant
benefited disappoint
dispensable noticeable rhythm
cemetery schedule
OCcasion
coming embarrass
committee enforcement OcCurred separate
competition environment Occurrence superintendent
conscientious exaggerate omitted supersede
conscious exceed parallel tragedy
convenience exercise permanent villain
correspondence existence permissible weird
Spelling Problems of Professionals
Many business executives and professionals still have spelling problems. Following are the 50 words which
they misspell most often. The words printed in italics are carried over from the collegian list.
accessible desirable laboratory proceed
acquainted develop license recognize
all right dispensable loneliness recommend
analyze drunkenness mortgage repetition
appearance embarrass OCCasion restaurant
assistant envelope OCCurred schedule
exceed
burglar OCCurrence seize
campaign existence omitted superintendent
canceled incidentally permissible supersede
coming insistent perseverance villain
conscientious intercede precede weird
coolly irresistible prejudice withhold
correspondence irritable
privilege
QUIZ - 1
(Time: 2 Minutes)
Choose the correctly spelled word from each pair below. This quiz comes from the high-school and college lists. Repeatthe
test until vou can give all the correct answers, in twO minutes. (Answers below)
1 (a) rhythm (b) rhithm 4. (a) absence (b) abcense (b) prejud1ce
7. (a) prejudise
(b) foriegn 5. (a) criticise (b)omited
(a) foreign (b) criticize 8. (a) omitted
3. (a) equiped (b) equipped 6. (a) priviledge (b) privilege (b) dependent
(a) dependant
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