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200 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

By Richard Nordquist, About.com

Review this list of 200 of the most commonly misspelled words in English:

Then test your ability to spell these words at our Spelling Review Exercise.

COMMONLY MISSPELLED WORDS (Part 1)

absence
accommodate
achieve
acquire
across
address
advertise
advice
among
apparent
argument
athlete
awful
balance
basically
becoming
before
beginning
believe
benefit
breathe
brilliant
business
calendar
careful
category
ceiling
cemetery
certain
chief
citizen
coming
competition
convenience
criticize
decide
definite
deposit
describe
desperate
develop
difference
dilemma
disappear
disappoint
discipline
does
during
easily
eight
either
embarrass
environment
equipped
exaggerate
excellent
except
exercise
existence
expect
experience
experiment
explanation
familiar
fascinating
finally
foreign
forty
forward
friend
fundamental
generally
government
grammar
guarantee

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