How to spell the words people get wrong
300 words that are misspelled every day, in emails, essays and exams. Each page plays the word in a real voice, shows the syllables and the part that trips people, and lets you try it yourself. Miss it, and the app shows you exactly which letter went wrong.
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A
- access · Watch for double c and double s. Often misspelle
- accommodate · Watch for double c and double m. Often misspelle
- according · Watch for double c, and an unstressed vowel that
- account · Watch for double c, and an unstressed vowel that
- action · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- active · Often misspelled as activ or actve
- activity · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- actually · Watch for double l, and an unstressed vowel that
- additional · Watch for double d, and an unstressed vowel that
- address · Watch for double d and double s. Often misspelle
- administration · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- advanced · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- advertising · Often misspelled as adverstising or advertizing
- advice · Often misspelled as advise or advicee
- against · Often misspelled as aganst or agianst
- agency · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- agreement · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as agreeman
- although · Often misspelled as allthough or altho
- analysis · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- animal · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- annual · Watch for double n, and an unstressed vowel that
- application · Watch for double p, and an unstressed vowel that
- approach · Watch for double p. Often misspelled as aproach
- appropriate · Watch for double p, and an unstressed vowel that
- article · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- association · Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that
- august · Often misspelled as agust or aust
- author · Often misspelled as auther or autor
- availability · Often misspelled as availablity or avaliability
- available · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- average · Often misspelled as avarage or averige
B
- beauty · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- beginning · Watch for double n. Often misspelled as begining
- believe · Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as b
- benefits · Often misspelled as benifits or benefets
- browser · Often misspelled as browzer or brouser
- building · Often misspelled as buidling or bilding
C
- calendar · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- cancer · Often misspelled as canser or cancerre
- capital · Often misspelled as capitol or captial
- career · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as carrer o
- category · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- certain · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- channel · Watch for double n. Often misspelled as chanel o
- chapter · Often misspelled as chaper or chapther
- christmas · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- client · Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as c
- collection · Watch for double l. Often misspelled as colectio
- college · Watch for double l. Often misspelled as colledge
- comment · Watch for double m. Often misspelled as coment o
- commercial · Watch for double m, and an unstressed vowel that
- commission · Watch for double m and double s, and an unstress
- committee · Watch for double m and double t and double e. Of
- common · Watch for double m, and an unstressed vowel that
- communication · Watch for double m, and an unstressed vowel that
- community · Watch for double m, and an unstressed vowel that
- compare · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- complete · Often misspelled as complet or complite
- condition · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- conference · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- construction · Often misspelled as constrution or constructoin
- contact · Often misspelled as contakt or contect
- content · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- continue · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- contract · Often misspelled as contrakt or constract
- control · Often misspelled as controll or contol
- council · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- county · Often misspelled as countie or couny
- course · Often misspelled as corse or cours
- create · Often misspelled as creat or crate
- credit · Often misspelled as creddit or creditt
- culture · Often misspelled as culcher or cultur
- current · Watch for double r. Often misspelled as curent o
- currently · Watch for double r, and an unstressed vowel that
D
- decision · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- definitely · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- degree · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as degeree
- delivery · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- department · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- description · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- design · Watch for a silent g. Often misspelled as desing
- development · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- direct · Often misspelled as derect or dirrect
- director · Often misspelled as directer or dirrector
- directory · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- discount · Often misspelled as discout or discound
- discussion · Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that
- display · Often misspelled as disply or displai
- distribution · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- district · Often misspelled as distrcit or distric
- division · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- document · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- double · Often misspelled as doble or douple
E
- editor · Often misspelled as editior or editer
- education · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- effect · Watch for double f. Often misspelled as affect o
- effective · Watch for double f. Often misspelled as effictiv
- electronic · Often misspelled as electronik or electornic
- embarrass · Watch for double r and double s, and an unstress
- employment · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- energy · Often misspelled as enery or enerjy
- engine · Often misspelled as engin or engien
- engineering · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as engeneer
- enough · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- entertainment · Often misspelled as enterainment or entertaiment
- environment · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- environmental · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- equipment · Often misspelled as equipement or equiptment
- estate · Often misspelled as estait or estete
- evidence · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- example · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- exchange · Often misspelled as exchance or exchage
- experience · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
F
- feature · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- february · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- federal · Often misspelled as fedral or federall
- feedback · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as feed bac
- female · Often misspelled as femail or femal
- figure · Often misspelled as figuer or figer
- finance · Often misspelled as finence or finanse
- financial · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- following · Watch for double l. Often misspelled as folowing
- foreign · Watch for a silent g, and an unstressed vowel th
- foundation · Often misspelled as foundtion or foundashion
- friend · Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as f
- function · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- further · Often misspelled as futher or furthur
G
- general · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- global · Often misspelled as globle or globel
- government · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- growth · Often misspelled as groth or growh
H
I
- include · Often misspelled as inclued or inlcude
- income · Often misspelled as incom or inkome
- increase · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- independent · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- individual · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- industry · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- information · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- institute · Often misspelled as instutute or institue
- insurance · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- interest · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- international · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- investment · Often misspelled as invesment or investmant
- island · Often misspelled as iland or islend
J
K
L
M
- machine · Often misspelled as mashine or machene
- magazine · Often misspelled as magazin or magazene
- management · Often misspelled as managment or manegement
- manager · Often misspelled as maneger or managar
- marketing · Often misspelled as markiting or marketting
- material · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- matter · Watch for double t. Often misspelled as mater or
- mature · Often misspelled as maturee or matrue
- medical · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- medicine · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- member · Often misspelled as memebr or memeber
- memory · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- method · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- mobile · Often misspelled as mobil or mobiel
- mortgage · Often misspelled as morgage or mortage
N
- national · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- natural · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- nature · Often misspelled as natrue or natur
- necessary · Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that
- network · Often misspelled as netwrok or netwerk
- notice · Often misspelled as notise or notic
O
- object · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- occurred · Double the r before adding -ed because the stres
- official · Watch for double f, and an unstressed vowel that
- organization · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- original · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- overall · Watch for double l. Often misspelled as over all
P
- package · Often misspelled as pakage or packege
- particular · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- payment · Often misspelled as paymant or paiment
- performance · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- period · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- personal · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- physical · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- planning · Watch for double n. Often misspelled as planing
- policy · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- political · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- popular · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- population · Often misspelled as poplulation or popuation
- position · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- potential · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- practice · Often misspelled as practise or pratice
- present · Often misspelled as presant or presant
- president · Often misspelled as presedent or presidant
- previous · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- primary · Often misspelled as primery or primarry
- privacy · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- private · Often misspelled as privite or pravite
- process · Watch for double s. Often misspelled as proccess
- product · Often misspelled as prodect or pruduct
- professional · Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that
- profile · Often misspelled as profil or profiel
- program · Often misspelled as programn or progarm
- project · Often misspelled as projet or projct
- property · Often misspelled as proprety or propery
- protection · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- provide · Often misspelled as provied or proviede
- public · Often misspelled as pubic or puplic
- purchase · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- purpose · Often misspelled as purpuse or porpose
Q
R
- rather · Often misspelled as rathar or ruther
- reason · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- receive · Watch for the order of ei. Often misspelled as r
- recent · Often misspelled as recant or recient
- record · Often misspelled as recrod or rekord
- reference · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- region · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- register · Often misspelled as regester or registar
- registration · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- regular · Often misspelled as reguler or reglar
- related · Often misspelled as relaited or relatd
- release · Often misspelled as realease or relase
- report · Often misspelled as repot or reprot
- request · Often misspelled as reques or requset
- research · Often misspelled as reseach or reasearch
- resource · Often misspelled as recource or resourse
- response · Often misspelled as responce or respones
- responsible · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- result · Often misspelled as resault or rezult
- return · Often misspelled as retun or retern
- review · Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as r
- rhythm · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
S
- safety · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- sample · Often misspelled as sampel or samble
- schedule · Often misspelled as schedual or scheduel
- school · Watch for double o. Often misspelled as schol or
- science · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- screen · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as screan o
- section · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- secure · Often misspelled as sucure or secur
- security · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- select · Often misspelled as selete or silect
- selection · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- separate · Often misspelled as seperate or seperete
- series · Watch for the order of ie. Often misspelled as s
- service · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- shipping · Watch for double p. Often misspelled as shiping
- silver · Often misspelled as siver or sliver
- similar · Often misspelled as simular or similiar
- society · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- software · Often misspelled as softwear or sofware
- solution · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- source · Often misspelled as sorce or sourse
- specific · Often misspelled as speciffic or specifc
- spring · Often misspelled as sprinng or sprig
- standard · Often misspelled as standerd or standart
- statement · Often misspelled as statment or statemant
- station · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- statistics · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- status · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- storage · Often misspelled as storange or storige
- street · Watch for double e. Often misspelled as strete o
- structure · Often misspelled as sturcture or structer
- submit · Often misspelled as submmit or submitte
- summary · Watch for double m, and an unstressed vowel that
- supplies · Watch for double p, and the order of ie. Often m
- supply · Watch for double p. Often misspelled as suplly o
- support · Watch for double p. Often misspelled as suport o
- survey · Often misspelled as servey or survay
- system · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
T
- technical · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- technology · Often misspelled as tecnology or technolgy
- telephone · Often misspelled as telefone or telephon
- therefore · Often misspelled as therefor or there fore
- though · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- thought · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- through · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- training · Often misspelled as trianing or trainning
- treatment · Often misspelled as tretment or treatmant
U
- unique · Often misspelled as uneek or uniqe
- united · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- university · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
V
W
- weather · Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to he
- wednesday · Watch for a silent d. Often misspelled as wensda
- weight · Watch for the order of ei. Often misspelled as w
- western · Often misspelled as westen or westurn
- within · Often misspelled as with in or withen
- writing · Often misspelled as writting or riting
- written · Watch for double t. Often misspelled as writen o
These pages are built from the same data the app teaches with: spelling.school has 13,000 words with recorded sound, sentences and the spelling patterns each one exercises.