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List of common misspellings in English
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This is a list of common [[misspelling]]s in the [[English language]].
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!MISSPELLING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||<div align="left">CORRECT SPELLING</div>
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|abberration||[[aberration]]
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|accomodation||[[accommodation]]
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|acheive||achieve
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|adress||[[Address (geography)|address]]
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|alot||a lot or allot
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|alterior||ulterior
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|athiest||[[atheist]]
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|beggining||beginning
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|beleive||[[believe]]
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|bicep||[[biceps]]
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|Britian||[[Britain]]
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|Caucasion||[[Wiktionary:caucasian|Caucasian]]
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|cemetary||[[cemetery]]
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|committment||[[commitment]] (but committed, committing, committee)
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|concensus||[[consensus]]
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|concieve||conceive
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|copywrite||[[copyright]]
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|cilinder||[[cylinder]]
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|Dalmation||[[Dalmatian (dog)|Dalmatian]]
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|decaffinated||decaffeinated
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|decathalon||[[decathlon]]
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|definately||definitely
|- valign="top"
|dependance||[[dependence]] Note: ''Depend'''a'''nt'', although spelled with an "a", refers to someone or something ''depend'''e'''nt'' upon another
|-
|des(s)icate||desiccate
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|desireable||desirable
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|destory||destroy
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|diarhea||diarrhoea (Commonwealth English) or diarrhea (American English)
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|diety||[[deity]]
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|dissapoint||disappoint
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|dispell||dispel
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|embarass||[[embarrass]]
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|enviroment||[[environment]]
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|expresso||[[espresso]]
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|extremly||extremely
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|facist||[[fascist]]
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|Febuary||[[February]]
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|fluoroscent||[[fluorescent]]
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|flouride||[[fluoride]]
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|fourty||[[forty]]
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|freind||[[friend]]
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|geneology||[[genealogy]]
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|gernade||[[grenade]]
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|goverment||[[government]]
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|grammer||[[grammar]]
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|hampster||[[hamster]]
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|harrass||[[harass]]
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|hemorage||[[hemorrhage]]
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|heros||[[heroes]]
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|hieght, heigth||[[height]]
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|hygeine||[[hygiene]]
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|hypocracy||[[hypocrisy]]
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|independance||[[independence]] Note: see ''dependant/dependent'', above
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|inate||[[innate]]
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|innoculate||[[inoculate]]
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|intresting||interesting
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|it's||its (possessive pronoun)
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|knowlege||[[knowledge]]
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|las(s)oo||lasso
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|lazer||[[laser]]
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|libary||[[library]]
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|lightening||[[lightning]]
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|managable||manageable
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|millenium||[[millennium]]
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|mischievious||mischievous
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|mispell||[[Misspelling|misspell]]
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|missle||[[missile]]
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|mit||[[mitt]]
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|monestary||[[monastery]] (remember that "monastic" is not "monestic")
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|monkies||[[monkeys]]
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|morgage||[[mortgage]]
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|mountian||[[mountain]]
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|neccessary||[[necessary]]
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|neice||[[niece]]
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|nickle||[[nickel]]
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|nineth||[[ninth]]
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|ninty||[[ninety]]
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|noone||no one or no-one
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|noticable||noticeable
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|occured||occurred
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|occurence||occurrence
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|omnious||ominous
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|onomatopeia||onomatopoeia
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|oppurtunity||[[opportunity]]
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|opthamologist||[[ophthalmologist]]
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|paralell||[[parallel]]
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|pasttime||[[pastime]]
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|pavillion||[[pavilion]]
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|peice||[[piece]]
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|percieve||[[perceive]]
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|perserverance||perseverance
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|persue||pursue
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|pheonix||[[Phoenix (disambiguation)|Phoenix]]
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|posession||[[possession]]
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|pertend||pretend
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|Pharoah||[[Pharaoh]] (exception: Pharoah Sanders)
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|phosphorous||[[phosphorus]] (exception: [[phosphorus(III)]])
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|potatoe||[[potato]]
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|preceeding||preceding  
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|pronounciation||[[pronunciation]]
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|privelige||privilege
|- valign="top"
|publically||publicly (exception to the -ically rule; other exception variants include ''franticly'' & ''impoliticly'')
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|rasberry||[[raspberry]]
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|recieve||receive
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|reccomend||recommend
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|rediculous||ridiculous
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|reguardless||regardless
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|rythm||[[rhythm]]
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|sacreligious||[[sacrilegious]]
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|seige||[[siege]]
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|sentance||[[sentence]]
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|seperate||separate
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|sieze||[[seize]]
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|similiar||[[similar]]
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|sincerly||sincerely
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|speach||[[speech]]
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|stationary||[[stationery]] (office supplies term)
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|stragedy||[[strategy]]
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|straight-laced||strait-laced
|-⏎
|suggestable||suggestible
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|supercede||supersede
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|suprise||[[surprise]]
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|thier||[[their]]
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|tommorrow||[[tomorrow]]
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|tounge||[[tongue]]
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|triathalon||[[triathlon]]
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|ukelele||[[ukulele]]
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|vaccuum||[[vacuum]]
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|vegeterian||[[vegetarian]]
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|villian||[[villain]]
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|Wendesday||Wednesday
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|wierd||[[weird]] (exception: ''[[Wierd programming language]]'')
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|writting||[[writing]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of commonly confused homonyms]]
* [[List of homophones]]
* [[List of frequently misused English words]]
* [[Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings]] for a larger list
* [http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html 100 most often <s>mispelled</s> misspelled words in English]
* [http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Common Errors in English]

[[Category:Lists of English words|Common misspellings]]

[[simple:List of common misspellings in English]]