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Commonly Misspelled Words

absence
accidentally
accommodate
accumulate
achievement
acquaintance
acquire
acquitted
advice
advise
amateur
among
analysis
analyze
annual
apartment
apparatus
apparent
appearance
artic
arguing
argument
arithmetic
ascend
athletic
attendance
balance
battalion
beginning
belief
believe
beneficial
benefited
boundaries
Britain
business
calendar
candidate
category
cemetery
changeable
changing
choose
chose
coming
commission
committee
comparative
compelled
conceivable
conferred
conscience
conscientious
conscious
control
controversial
controversy
criticize
deferred
definitely
definition
describe
description
desperate
dictionary
dining
disappearance
disappoint
disastrous
discipline
dissatisfied
dormitory
effect
eighth
eligible
eliminate
embarrass
eminent
encouragement
encouraging
environment
equipped
especially
exaggerate
excellence
exhilarate
existence
existent
experience
explanation
familiar
fascinate
February
fiery
foreign
formerly
forty
fourth
frantically
generally
government
grammar
grandeur
grievous
height
heroes
hindrance
hoping
humorous
hypocrisy
hypocrite
immediately
incidentally
incredible
independence
inevitable
intellectual
intelligence
interesting
irresistible
knowledge
laboratory
laid
led
lightning
loneliness
lose
losing
maintenance
maneuver
manufacture
marriage
mathematics
maybe
mere
miniature
mischievous
mysterious
necessary
ninety
noticeable
occasionally
occurred
occurrence
omitted
opinion
opportunity
optimistic
paid
parallel
paralysis
paralyze
particular
pastime
performance
permissible
perseverance
personal
personnel
perspiration
physical
picnicking
possession
possibility
possible
practically
precede
precedence
preferred
prejudice
preparation
prevalent
principal
principle
privilege
probably
procedure
proceed
profession
professor
prominent
pronunciation
pursue
quantity
quizzes
recede
receive
receiving
recommend
reference
referring
repetition
restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
ridiculous
sacrifice
sacrilegious
salary
schedule
seize
sense
separate
separation
sergeant
severely
shinning
similar
sincerely
sophomore
specifically
specimen
statute
studying
succeed
succession
surprise
technique
temperamental
tendency
thorough
tragedy
transferring
tries
truly
tyranny
unanimous
undoubtedly
unnecessary
until
usually
village
villain
weather
weird
whether
woman
women
writing

Commonly Mispronounced Words

Word
Correct Pronunciation
Wrong Pronunciation
aegis
EE-jis
ay-jis
Antarctic
ant-ARC-tic
ant-art-ik
asterisk
AS-ter-isk
as-ter-ik
alumnae
a-LUM-nee
a-lum-nay
archipelago
ar-ki-PEL-a-go
arch-i-puh-LAY-go
athlete
ATH-leet
ath-a-lee
business
BIZ-ness
bid-ness
candidate
CAN-di-dayt
kan-i-daryt
chimera
kiy-MEER-a
CHIM-er-a
clothes
klothz
close
dilate
DI-layt
di-uh-layt
diphtheria
dif-THEE-ree-a
dip-theer-i-a
disastrous
di-ZAS-tres
di-zas-ter-es
electoral
e-LEK-tor-al
e-lek-TOR-al
espresso
ess-PRESS-o
ex-press-o
etcetera
et-SET-er-a
ek-set-er-a
federal
FED-er-al
fed-ral
height
hite
hidth
lambaste
lam-BAYST
lam-bast
larvae
LAR-vee
lar-vay
library
LI-brar-y
li-bar-y
miniature
MIN-ee-a-cher
min-a-cher
mischievous
MIS-che-vus
MIS-chee-vee-us
mispronunciation
mis-pro-nun-see-AY-shun
mis-pro-nown-see-ay-shun
nuclear
NOO-klee-ur
noo-kyu-lur
nuptial
NUP-shul
nup-shoo-al
often
OFF-en
or-ten
ordinance
ORD-nens
or-din-ens
prerogative
pre-ROG-a-tiv
per-og-a-tiv
primer (Schoolbook)
PRIM-mer
pry-mer
picture
PIK-cher
pit-cher
prescription
per-skrip-shun
pra-lee or prob-lee
probably
PROB-a-blee
pra-lee or prob-lee
realtor
REEL-ter
ree-la-tor
supposedly
su-POS-ed-lee
su-pos-ab-lee
spurious
SPYOOR-ee-us
spur-ee-us
tenet
TEN-it
ten-unt
ticklish
TIK-lish
tik-i-lish
triathlon
try-ATH-lon
try-ath-a-lon

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