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* Adapted d from Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab.
Correct spelling | Spelling advice | Common misspelling |
accommodate, accommodation | two cs, two ms | accomodate, accomodation |
achieve | i before e | acheive |
across | one c | accross |
aggressive, aggression | two gs | agressive, agression |
apparently | -ent not -ant | apparantly |
appearance | ends with -ance | appearence |
argument | no e after the u | arguement |
assassination | two double s’s | assasination |
basically | ends with -ally | basicly |
beginning | double n before the -ing | begining |
believe | i before e | beleive, belive |
bizarre | one z, double -r | bizzare |
business | begins with busi- | buisness |
calendar | -ar not -er | calender |
Caribbean | one r, two bs | Carribean |
cemetery | ends with -ery | cemetary |
chauffeur | ends with -eur | chauffer |
colleague | -ea- in the middle | collegue |
coming | one m | comming |
committee | double m, double t, double e | commitee |
completely | ends with -ely | completly |
conscious | -sc- in the middle | concious |
curiosity | -os- in the middle | curiousity |
definitely | -ite- not –ate- | definately |
dilemma | -mm- not -mn- | dilemna |
disappear | one s, two ps | dissapear |
disappoint | one s, two ps | dissapoint |
ecstasy | ends with –sy | ecstacy |
embarrass | two rs, two s’s | embarass |
environment | n before the m | enviroment |
existence | ends with -ence | existance |
Fahrenheit | begins with Fahr- | Farenheit |
familiar | ends with -iar | familar |
finally | two ls | finaly |
fluorescent | begins with fluor- | florescent |
foreign | e before i | foriegn |
foreseeable | begins with fore- | forseeable |
forty | begins with for- | fourty |
forward | begins with for- | foward |
friend | i before e | freind |
further | begins with fur- | futher |
gist | begins with g- | jist |
glamorous | -mor- in the middle | glamourous |
government | n before the m | goverment |
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