Commonly Misspelled Words Flashcards

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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter A:

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Accidentally 
Accommodate 
Accompanied 
Accompany 
Achieved 
Acknowledgement 
Across 
Address 
Aggravate
Aisle 
Ancient 
Anxiety 
Apparently 
Appearance 
Arctic 
Argument 
Arrangement 
Attendance 
Auxiliary 
Awkward
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter B:

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Bachelor 
Barbarian 
Beggar 
Beneficiary 
Biscuit 
Brilliant 
Business
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Commonly misspelled words

starting with letter C:

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Cafeteria 
Calendar 
Campaign 
Candidate 
Ceiling 
Cemetery 
Changeable 
Changing 
Characteristic 
Chauffeur 
Colonel 
Column 
Commit 
Committee
Comparative 
Compel 
Competent 
Competition 
Conceive
Congratulations 
Conqueror 
Conscious 
Colly
Correspondent 
Courtesy 
Curiosity 
Cylinder
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Commonly misspelled words starting with letter D:

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Deceive 
Deference 
Deferred 
Definite 
Describe 
Desirable 
Desperate 
Desirable 
Desperate 
Develop 
Diphtheria 
Disappear 
Disappoint 
Disastrous 
Discipline 
Discussion 
Disease 
Dissatisfied 
Dissipate 
Drudgery
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter E:

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Ecstasy 
Efficient 
Eighth 
Eligible 
Embarrass
Emphasize 
Especially 
Exaggerate 
Exceed 
Exhaust 
Exhilaration 
Existence 
Explanation 
Extraordinary
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Common misspelled words starting with the letter F:

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Familiar
Fascinate
February 
Fiery
Finally 
Forehead 
Foreign
Foreigner 
Foremost 
Forfeit
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Common misspelled words starting with the letter G:

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Ghost 
Glamorous 
Government 
Grammar 
Grateful 
Grief 
Grievous
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Common misspelled words starting with the letter H:

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Handkerchief 
Harass 
Height 
Hoping 
Hurriedly 
Hygiene 
Hypocrisy
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Common misspelled words starting with the letter I:

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Imminent 
Incidentally 
Incredible 
Independent 
Indigestible 
Inevitable 
Innocence 
Interest
Irresistible
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter J:

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Judgement

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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter L:

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Liable
Library
Likelihood
Literature

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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter M:

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Maintenance 
Maneuver 
Manual 
Mathematics 
Mattress 
Miniature 
Mischievous 
Misspell 
Momentous 
Mortgage
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter N:

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Neither 
Nickel 
Niece
Ninety 
Noticeable 
Notoriety
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter O:

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Obedience 
Obstacle 
Occasion
Occurrence 
Omitted
Operate 
Optimistic 
Organization 
Outrageous
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter P:

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Pageant 
Pamphlet 
Parallel 
Parliament 
Permissible 
Perseverance 
Persuade 
Physically
Physician 
Possess
Possibly 
Practically 
Prairie 
Preceding 
Prejudice 
Prevalent 
Professor 
Pronunciation 
Pronouncement 
Propeller 
Protein 
Psychiatrist 
Psychology
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter Q:

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Quantity

Questionnaire

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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter R:

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Rally 
Recede 
Receive 
Recommend 
Referral 
Referred 
Relieve 
Religious 
Resistance 
Restaurant 
Rhetoric 
Rhythm 
Ridiculous
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter S:

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Sacrilegious 
Salary 
Scarcely 
Schedule 
Secretary 
Sentinel
Separate 
Severely 
Sheriff 
Shriek
Similar 
Soliloquy 
Sophomore 
Species 
Strenuous 
Studying 
Suffrage 
Supersede 
Suppress 
Surprise 
Symmetry
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter T:

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Temperament
Temperature 
Tendency 
Tournament 
Tragedy 
Transferred 
Truly 
Twelfth
Tyranny
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter U:

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Unanimous
Unpleasant
Usage

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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter V:

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Vacuum
Valuable 
Vein
Vengeance 
Vigilance
Villain
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Commonly misspelled words starting with the letter W:

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Wednesday
Weird
Wholly