Commonly Misspelled Words

Use this online commonly missplelled words list for elementary, middle school, high school and college students to learn the correct spellings of common misspellings of words in the English language.

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A Words
abandoned
abbey
aberration
abeyance
abridgment
abscess
absence
absurd
abundance
abutting
academy
accede
accent
accessible
acclimate
accommodate
accompany
accumulation
accusation
achievement
acknowledge
acquaint
acquired
acquisition
across
actually
acutely
adage
addressee
adequate
adieu
adjournment
adjunct
advertise
advertisement
advice
advise
advisable
affirmative
aggravate
aggregate
agitation
aisle
alcohol
allege
allies
ambassador
amendment
amplify
ancient
anecdote
anemia
angle
annoyance
annum
anticipate
antipathy
antique
apologetic
apparatus
apparently
appellate
appetite
appreciation
appropriation
approximately
apricot
architecture
arduous
arguing
arouse
arraignment
arrest
article
artificial
ascertain
aspirations
assassination
assessment
assigned
association
assurance
athlete
attach
attempt
attendance
attendants
attorneys
authentic
aversion
awkward
axle

B Words
baccalaureate
bachelor
bacteria
banana
bankruptcy
beatitude
beleaguered
belligerent
benefit
biased
bimonthly
biscuit
blamable
bookkeeping
bored
boundary
bounteous
broccoli
bungalow
bureau
burglaries
business

C Words
calendar
cameos
campaign
cancel
candidacy
candle
cannon
canon
capital
capitol (a building)
carburetor
carnage
carriage
category
caucus
cauldron
cavalier
cavalry
cease
cemetery
certified
chagrined
chamois
chancellor
changeable
charitable
chauffeur
chisel
cinnamon
citation
clamorous
classified
clique
clothe
colonel
colossal
column
commandant
commemorate
commenced
commitment
committal
committee
committing
community
comparative
compel
competition
competitors
complacency
conciliatory
conclusively
condemned
confectionery
congenial
congestion
conjunction
connoisseur
conquer
conscience
conscientious
conscious
conscript
consequently
conservatory
consistent
consummation
contagious
contemptible
continually
control
controller
convenient
conversant
cooperate
coronation
coroner
corporal
corral
correlation
correspondence
correspondent
corrugated
corset
countenance
courtesies
criticism
crochet
cronies
crucial
crystallized
currency

D Words
deceive
decision
declaration
deferred
definite
delegate
deliberate
delicious
delinquent
demurrage
denunciatory
deodorize
derogatory
description
desecration
desert
desirable
despair
dessert (food)
destruction
detrimental
development
digestible
dilapidated
dilemma
dining room
diocese
diphtheria
dirigible
disappear
disappearance
disapprove
discipline
discretion
dispatch
dispensable
dissatisfied
dissatisfy
dissolution
distillery
distinguished
distributor
dormitory
drastically
dual
duchess
duel
duly
dungarees
duped
dyeing
dying

E Words
economical
economy
ecstasy
eczema
effects
efficient
elaborate
electrolysis
embarrass
embassies
emergency
eminently
emolument
emphasis
emphasize
emphatically
endurance
enormous
enthusiastic
ephemeral
equilibrium
equinoctial
equipped
error
essential
everlasting
exaggerate
exceed
excel
exercise
exhibition
exhortion
existence
extradite
extraordinary
extravagant

F Words
facilitation
faculties
fallibility
falsify
falsity
fascinated
fatal
feudal
filial
finally
financial
financier
finely
flexible
foggy
foliage
forcible
foreign
foretell
forfeit
forgo
fortissimo
fragrance
fraternally
frightfully
frostbitten
fundamental
furl

G Words
gallery
galvanized
gelatin
glamour
glimpse
guaranteed
guardian
gout
government
grammar
grandeur
grapevines
grease
grieve
guarantee
guidance
guild
guitar

H Words
handicapped
harass
hearth
height
heinous
heritage
hideous
hindrance
histrionic
hosiery
hybrid
hygienic
hysterics

I Words
idiomatic
ignoramus
ignorant
illegitimate
illuminate
illustrative
incompetent
imminent
impartiality
impeccable
impromptu
incongruity
indecent
indictment
ingenuity
ingenuous
inimitable
innocent
innocuous
inoculate
insulation
insurance
integrity
intelligence
intercede
interruption
irreparable
itemized

J Words
jealous
jeopardy
journal
jovial
judgment
judiciary
jurisdiction

K Words
kindergarten
kinsman

L Words
label
laboratory
labyrinth
laceration
lacquer
ladies
larceny
latter
leggings
legitimate
leisure
libel
lieutenant
ligament
lightning
liquidate
literally
loose
lose
losing
lovable
loveliness
lucrative
luxury
lynch

M Words
macaroni
mackerel
magnificent
maintenance
malice
maneuver
mannequin
manual
marmalade
masquerade
massacre
matinee
mattress
mayonnaise
mechanical
medal
medallion
medicine
medieval
mediocrity
melancholy
memoir
mercantile
mercury
merely
midget
midriff
military
millinery
millionaire
misanthrope
mischievous
misdemeanor
mislaid
misspell
misstep
monarchical
monkeys
monotonous
morale
moribund
mortgage
movable
murmuring
muscle
museum
myriad

N Words
necessary
negligible
negotiate
nervous
nevertheless
nickel
niece
ninety
ninth
notary
notoriety
nowadays
nuisance

O Words
obedient
obliged
obstacles
occasionally
occur
occurrence
odyssey
official
omissions
omitted
opportunity
option
ordinance
overwhelming

P Words
pacifist
pageant
pamphlet
panel
panicky
papal
parachute
paradoxical
parallel
parasite
parliament
parole
partisan
pastime
patient
patronize
pattern
peculiar
penitentiary
people's
perceive
perilous
perjury
permanent
permissible
persevere
personnel
pervade
phrenologist
physical
physician
picnicking
piquancy
pitiful
plagiarism
plague
planned
playwright
pneumonia
policy
politician
portable
portend
portiere
possession
possibilities
post office
postpone
potato
poultry
prairie
preceding
precious
predatory
predilection
preferably
preference
premises
preparation
prescription
prestige
presume
presumptuous
previous
primarily
primitive
principal
principalship
principle
prisoner
privilege
probably
proceed
proffer
profit
proletarian
promissory
promptness
propaganda
proprietor
psychology
publicity
publicly
punctilious

Q Words
quantities
quartet
questionnaire
queue
quinine

R Words
rabid
raisin
realize
reasonable
receipted
receipts
receptacle
recognizable
recommend
recompense
reconcile
recruit
refrigerator
regrettable
regretted
rehearsal
relevant
relieve
religious
remodel
renaissance
renascence
repetitious
requisition
reservoir
resilience
resonance
resources
responsibility
responsible
restaurant
rheostat
rhetorical
rheumatism
rhubarb
rhythm
rickety
ridiculous
righteous
roommate
routine

S Words
Sabbath
sacrilegious
salable
salaries
salient
sandwiches
Saturn
saucy
scenes
scissors
screech
scripture
scrutiny
seize
senior
serenity
series
session
sieges
significant
silhouette
similar
sincerely
sitting
sobriquet
society
solemn
soliciting
sophomore
soporific
source
sovereign
specialized
specific
specifically
spiritualist
squalor
squirrels
staid
staunch
stationary (fixed)
statues
steak
strengthen
strenuous
stretch
studying
subsidy
suburb
subversive
succeed
successor
suffrage
summarize
superb
supersede
surfeit
surgeon
symmetrical
sympathy
systematic

T Words
tableaux (or tableaus)
taciturn
talcum
tantalizing
tariff
taunt
technical
temperament
temperature
temporarily
tenet
tennis
terse
tetanus
thermometer
thesis
thorough
thought
tournament
tragedy
traitor
transaction
transient
transparent
treachery
tremendous
triumph
troupe (theatrical)
truce
tuition
turkeys
twelfth
twins
typewriting
typhoid
tyranny

U Words
unanimous
unauthorized
unbearable
unconscious
undoubtedly
undulate
unfortunately
uniform
unify
unnecessary
utilize

V Words
vacancy
vacillate
vacuum
vague
valuing
vegetable
vein
velvet
vengeance
verbal
villain
visible
vivisection
voluntary
voucher

W Words
warrant
warranted
weather
Wednesday
weird
welfare
we're
whether
wholly
width
wield
wiring
witnesses
woman's
women's
wrapped
wrapped
wretched

Y Words
yacht
yoke

Z Words
zephyr
zucchin

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