Commonly Misspelled Words
Worried about penning a letter without the “safety net” of your trusty word processor, its spell check function, and backspace button? Here’s a list of some of the most commonly misspelled words you can use to check your words before you put pen to paper on that beautiful new stationery.
| Misspelling |
Correct Spelling |
| Alot |
A lot |
| Acceptible |
Acceptable |
| Acheive |
Achieve |
| Beleive |
Believe |
| Calender |
Calendar |
| Conshence |
Conscience |
| Definately |
Definitely |
| Embarass |
Embarrass |
| Neibor |
Neighbor |
| Occured |
Occurred |
| Percieve |
Perceive |
| Recieve |
Receive |
| Reccomend |
Recommend |
| Seperate |
Separate |
| Sincerly |
Sincerely |
| Supercede |
Supersede |
| Suprise |
Surprise |
| Untill |
Until |
| Tommorrow |
Tomorrow |
| Wether |
Weather |
| Wierd |
Weird |
Don’t forget these commonly misused rules too:
Their / they’re / there (There is possessive, they’re stands for “they are,” there is a place!)
Its / It’s (Use the apostrophe only if “it’s” is replacing “it is”)
All ready / already (All ready means completely ready. Already means before the present time)
To / too (Too means “in addition,” two is a number, to is used for everything else)
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