Most Frequently Misspelled Words

Here is compiled list of frequently misspelled words in English.

A
absence abundance accessible accidentally acclaim accommodate accomplish accordion accumulate achievement acquaintance acquire acquitted across address advertisement advice advise affect alleged amateur analysis analyze annual apartment apparatus apparent appearance arctic argument ascend atheist athletic attendance auxiliary

B
balloon barbecue bargain basically beggar beginning belief believe beneficial benefit biscuit boundaries business

C
calendar camouflage candidate Caribbean category cemetery challenge changeable changing characteristic chief choose chose cigarette climbed clothes clothing cloth collectible colonel column coming commission committee commitment comparative competent completely concede conceivable conceive condemn condescend conscience conscientious conscious consistent continuous controlled controversial controversy convenient correlate correspondence counselor courteous courtesy criticize criticism

D
deceive defendant deferred definitely definition dependent descend describe description desirable despair desperate develop dictionary difference dilemma dining disappearance disappoint disastrous discipline disease dispensable dissatisfied dominant drunkenness

E
easily ecstasy effect efficiency eighth either eligible eliminate embarrass emperor encouragement enemy encouraging entirely environment equipped equivalent especially exaggerate exceed excellence exhaust existence existent expense experience experiment explanation extremely exuberance

F
facsimile fallacious fallacy familiar fascinating feasible February fictitious fiery finally financially fluorescent forcibly foreign forfeit formerly foresee forty fourth fuelling fulfill fundamentally

G
gauge generally genius government governor grammar grievous guarantee guardian guerrilla guidance

H
handkerchief happily harass height heinous hemorrhage heroes hesitancy hindrance hoarse hoping humorous hygiene hypocrisy hypocrite

I
ideally idiosyncrasy ignorance imaginary immediately implement incidentally incredible independence independent indicted indispensable inevitable influential information inoculate insurance intelligence interference interrupt introduce irrelevant irresistible island

J
jealousy judicial

K
knowledge

L
laboratory laid later latter legitimate leisure length license lieutenant lightning likelihood likely loneliness loose lose losing lovely luxury

M
magazine maintain maintenance manageable maneuver manufacture marriage mathematics medicine millennium millionaire miniature minuscule minutes miscellaneous mischievous missile misspelled mortgage mosquito mosquitoes murmur muscle mysterious

N
narrative naturally necessary necessity neighbor neutron ninety ninth noticeable nowadays nuisance

O
obedience obstacle occasion occasionally occurred occurrence official omission omit omitted opinion opponent opportunity oppression optimism optimistic orchestra ordinarily origin outrageous overrun

P
pamphlets parallel particular pavilion peaceable peculiar penetrate perceive performance performance permanent permissible permissible permitted perseverance persistence personal personnel perspiration physical physician piece pilgrimage pitiful planning pleasant portray possess possession possessive potato potatoes possibility possible practically prairie precede precedence preceding preference preferred prejudice preparation prescription prevalent primitive principal principle privilege probably procedure proceed profession professor prominent pronounce pronunciation propaganda psychology publicly pursue

Q
quantity quarantine questionnaire quizzes

R
realistically realize really recede receipt receive recognize recommend reference referring relevant relieving religious remembrance reminiscence repetition representative resemblance reservoir resistance restaurant rheumatism rhythm rhythmical ridiculous roommate

S
sacrilegious sacrifice safety salary satellite scary scenery schedule secede secretary seize sense sentence separate separation sergeant several severely shepherd shining siege similar simile simply simultaneous sincerely skiing sophomore souvenir specifically specimen sponsor spontaneous statistics stopped strategy strength strenuous stubbornness studying subordinate subtle succeed success succession sufficient supersede suppress surprise surround susceptible suspicious syllable symmetrical synonymous

T
tangible technical technique temperamental temperature tendency themselves theories therefore thorough though through tomorrow tournament towards tragedy transferring tries truly twelfth tyranny

U
unanimous undoubtedly unforgettable unique unnecessary until usable usage usually utilization

V
vacuum valuable vengeance vigilant village villain violence visible vision virtue volume

W
warrant warriors weather Wednesday weird wherever whether which wholly withdrawal woman women worthwhile writing

Y
yacht yield young