240 Common Spelling Mistakes English spelling can be tricky, even for English speakers! That’s because English is not 100% phonetic and also because there are so many exceptions Study the 240 most commonly misspelled words below A C E I absence commitment exaggerate incredible acceptable completely excellent independent accessible condemn existence influential accommodation conscience experience insurance accomplish conscientious experiment intelligent achievement conscious acquire controversy address convenient advertisement correspondence advice – (noun) criticism advise – (verb) amateur apartment appearance argument athletic F familiar its – for possession it’s foreign – for “it is” or “it has” deceive foreigner definitely formerly jealous definition forty jealousy department fourth general desperate basically development beginning difference belief – indicating the noun difficult believe – indicating the verb disappointed beneficial discipline business disease C later legitimate grammar length grateful library lightning guidance campaign effect category eighth cemetery either challenge embarrass characteristic encouragement cigarette enemy clothes entirely column environment committee especially © LangVid Language Training, 2011 L genius guarantee easily kneel knowledge government calendar K generally E • 240 Common Spelling Mistakes by RebeccaESL J G despair B island finally describe attendance interrupt introduce February financial D interference likely H loneliness happily lose (verb) height loose (adjective) heroes lovely humorous luxurious hypocrite I M maintain ideally maintenance imaginary manageable immediate management more free resources, lessons, and quizzes at www.engVid.com M P T manufacture possible marriage possibility married potatoes millionaire practically misspell prefer mischievous privilege money professor mortgage professional undoubtedly muscle pronounce / pronunciation unforgettable unique psychology until mysterious N naturally neighbor / neighbour ninety noticeable nowadays O obedient violent queue vision quizzes volume R P particular peculiar perceive performance W weather – indicating climate Wednesday weird whether – indicating if which woman – (singular) women – (plural) religious originally possession questionnaire religion ordinary pleasant violence recommend opposition piece quality recognize opportunity valuable village receive opinion V quantity receipt official physician psychological really occurred physical U realize occasional personnel themselves – not themself realistic obstacle personal they’re (contraction of “they are”) Q necessary permanent there (not here) worthwhile remember representative restaurant width writing XYZ rhythm yacht ridiculous young roommate T technical technique temperature temporary their (possessed by them) 240 Common Spelling Mistakes by RebeccaESL â LangVid Language Training, 2011 more free resources, lessons, and quizzes at www.engVid.com