240 Common Spelling Mistakes in English

by Rebecca

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. Then, try the free spelling test at the end to check how well you’re doing.

Jump to a letter: 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

·                                 absence

·                                 acceptable

·                                 accessible

·                                 accommodation

·                                 accomplish

·                                 achievement

·                                 acquire

·                                 address

·                                 advertisement

·                                 advice – (noun)

·                                 advise – (verb)

·                                 amateur

·                                 apartment

·                                 appearance

·                                 argument

·                                 athletic

·                                 attendance

B

·                                 basically

·                                 beginning

·                                 belief – indicating the noun

·                                 believe – indicating the verb

·                                 beneficial

·                                 business

C

·                                 calendar

·                                 campaign

·                                 category

·                                 cemetery

·                                 challenge

·                                 characteristic

·                                 cigarette

·                                 clothes

·                                 column

·                                 committee

·                                 commitment

·                                 completely

·                                 condemn

·                                 conscience

·                                 conscientious

·                                 conscious

·                                 controversy

·                                 convenient

·                                 correspondence

·                                 criticism