Frequently misspelled words
Resources

A

aberration

accumulate

aerosol

abridgment

achievement

affidavit

absence

acknowledgment

aging

accelerator

acquiesce

algorithm

accept (receive)

acquittal

align

except

adjourn

allotment

accessible

adolescence

allotted

accessory

advertisement

all right

already

antihistamine

arthritis

anachronism

apartheid

asphyxiate

analogous

aperture

aspirin

analysis

apparatus

assessor

ancillary

apparel

asterisk

anesthetic

appraisal

attendance

annihilate

apropos

attorneys

anomaly

arctic

autumn

anonymous

arraign

auxiliary

antecedent

arteriosclerosis

B

balance

bilingual

boutique

ballistic

binary

boycott

balloon

biodegradable

braille

bankruptcy

biopsy

brief

barbiturate

bipartisan

bruise

basically

blatant

bullion (gold)

beneficial

bloc (group)

bouillon

benign

bouillon (soup)

bureaucracy

bereave

bullion

business

bilateral

bourgeois

byte

c

caffeine

carbohydrate

ceiling

calendar

carburetor

cellar

calorie

Caribbean

cemetery

campaign

carriage

censor

cannot

Caucasian

census

captain

caucus

centimeter

carat

caveat

centrifugal

cerebral

clothes

conscience

certain

cocaine

consensus

changeable

coliseum (or

consortium

charisma

colosseum)

continuum

chassis

colonel

corps

chauvinist

colossal

correspondence

chiropractor

column

counterfeit

chlorophyll

commitment

coup d’état

chocolate

commodities

courtesy

cholesterol

compatible

cousin

Christian

competent

cryptic

Cincinnati

concurrence

curtain

cipher

condemn

cylinder

circuit

conductor

czar

cite (quote)

conduit

sight

conjugal

site

Connecticut

D

database

deterrent

discreet

debugging

develop

(cautious)

deceive

diaphragm

discrete

decibel

dichotomy

(separate)

deductible

dictionary

disperse (scatter)

defendant

diesel

disburse

deferred

digital

dissipate

depot

dilemma

distributor

depreciate

dinosaur

doubt

descend

disappoint

dyeing (coloring)

desiccate

disburse (pay out)

dying (death,

desperate

disperse

expiring)

E

ecstasy

entrepreneur

euthanasia

eighth

envelop (verb)

exaggerate

either

envelope (noun)

except (other than)

elicit (draw forth)

epitome

accept

illicit

equipped

exhaust

embarrass

equivocal

exhibition

emphysema

errata

exhilarate

empirical

erroneous

existential

encyclopedia

esthetic (or

exponential

endeavor

aesthetic)

extraterrestrial

F

facsimile

fierce

forward (to the

familiar

flourish

front)

faze (disturb)

fluorescent

foreword

phase

fluoridate

freight

feasibility

foreign

fulfill

feature

foreseeable

February

foreword (in a book)

fetus

forward

fiduciary

forfeit

G

gallon

gorilla (primate,

grief

gauge

animal)

grievance

genealogy

guerrilla

guarantee

generic

gourmet

guerrilla (revolutionary)

geriatrics

governor

gorilla

gesta lt

graffiti

guess

ghetto

grammar

gynecology

H

hallucinogen

hertz

hors d’oeuvre

harass

hiatus

hydraulic

Hawaiian

hierarchy

hygiene

height

holistic

hypocrisy

heir

holocaust

hemorrhage

homogeneous

I

idiosyncrasy

inadvertent

inoculate

idle (inactive)

incessant

intermittent

idol (image)

incumbent

intravenous

illicit (forbidden)

independent

iridescent

elicit

indictment

irrelevant

impeccable

indispensable

irresistible

impetus

infrared

irrevocable

impresario

innocuous

irrigate

imprimatur

innuendo

island

J

jeopardize

judgment

journey

junta

K

khaki

kilowatt

kibbutz

knowledge

kilometer

L

label

liable

likable

laissez faire

liaison

likelihood

laser

libel

liquefy

league

license

liquor

legislature

lieu

logarithm

leisure

lieutenant

leukemia

lightning

M

maintain

mathematics

minuscule

maintenance

mediocre

minutiae

malignant

megabyte

miscellaneous

maneuver

megawatt

mischievous

manila

memento

missile

margarine

menstruation

misspell

marijuana

metaphor

mnemonic

marital

metastasize

modem

marshal

microprocessor

monitor

martial

migraine

mortgage

martyr

mileage

mustache

Massachusetts

milieu

massacre

miniature

N

naive

niece

nuance

necessary

noxious

nuclear

neither

nozzle

O

occasion

omniscient

occurrence

ophthalmologist

odyssey

overrun

ombudsman

P

panacea

phase (aspect)

preferred

paradigm

faze

prerogative

parallel

Philippines

prevalent

parameter

phosphorus

privilege

paraphernalia

physician

procedure

parliament

placebo

proceed

per diem

plebiscite

programmer

peremptory

pneumonia

prophecy (noun)

perennial

poisonous

prophesy (verb)

peripheral

pollutant

protein

permissible

polymer

protocol

personnel

porous

pseudonym

perspiration

posthumous

publicly

pharmaceutical

precede

Puerto Rico

Q

quasi

quiche

questionnaire

quorum

queue

R

rapport

rebuttal

receipt

rarefy

recede

receive

reciprocal

referred

renege

recommend

rehearsal

rescind

reconnaissance

relevant

resistance

recuperate

remittance

rhythm

recurrence

renaissance

S

saccharin (noun)

similar

succeed

saccharine (adj.)

simulate

superintendent

sacrilegious

simultaneous

supersede

satellite

site (location)

surprise

scenario

cite

surveillance

schedule

sight

syllable

scissors

skeptical

synagogue

secretary

solar

seizure

sophomore

separate

spaghetti

sergeant

stratagem

siege

strategy

sight (vision)

stupefy

cite

subpoena (or

site

subpena)

silhouette

subtle

T

tariff

tongue

treasurer

thief

toxin

trek

threshold

trafficking

tobacco

trauma

U

ubiquitous

unprecedented

unanimous

usage

unnecessary

V

vacuum

verbatim

vicious

vehicle

veterinarian

villain

vengeance

vice versa

W, Y, Z

waiver

woolen

weird

yield

wholly

zucchini

withheld

Singular

Plural

alumnus (masc.)

alumni (masc. or both masc. and fem.)

alumna (fem.)

alumnae (fem.)

axis

axes

crisis

crises

criterion

criteria

datum

data

medium

media or mediums

memorandum

memoranda or memorandums

nucleus

nuclei

phenomenon

phenomena

stimulus

stimuli

stratum

strata

Singular

Plural

antenna

antennas or antennae (scientific)

appendix

appendixes

cactus

cactuses

formula

formulas

index

indexes or indices (scientific)

prospectus

prospectuses