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Spelling reference

Commonly misspelled words
There are many difficult words in the English language that commonly misspelled words, with handy tips on how
people struggle to spell correctly. Here are some of the most to spell them correctly.

Correct spelling Spelling tips Common misspelling
accommodation there are two c’s and two m’s accomodation
apparently ent in the middle, not ant apparantly
appearance ends with -ance, not -ence appearence
basically ends with -cally, not -cly basicly
beginning double n in the middle begining
believe remember the “i before e except after c” rule beleive or belive
business starts with busi- buisness
calendar ends with -ar, not -er calender
cemetery ends with -ery, not -ary cemetary
coming there is only one m comming
committee double m, double t, and double e commitee
completely remember the last e; ends with -tely, not -tly completly
conscious remember the s before the c in the middle concious
definitely ite in the middle, not ate definately
disappoint there is one s and two p’s dissapoint
embarrass there are two r’s and two s’s embarass
environment remember the n before the m enviroment
existence ends with -ence, not -ance existance
familiar ends with -iar familar
finally there are two l’s finaly
friend remember the “i before e except after c” rule freind
government remember the n before the m goverment
interrupt there are two r’s in the middle interupt
knowledge remember the d before the g knowlege
necessary one c and two s’s neccessary
separate par in the middle, not per seperate
successful two c’s and two s’s succesful
truly there is no e truely
unfortunately ends with -tely, not -tly unfortunatly
which begins with wh wich