30 Most commonly Misspelled Words (And It Can Be Stopped)


Take it!! Some words like misspelled words seek attention, surprise and confusion from the user because of how they are rigidly spelt. These variety of misspelled words could also lead to discussion among readers since some persons would definitely notice these errors.

Misspelling words cannot be totally erased but can be mitigated. However, the vital thing is to master some of the complex and confusing words.

Eduvocabulary just made it easy by putting these common misspelled words into categories. Thus, if you endeavor to read this till the end, you will be privileged to know the types of words that you can easily misspell and why you often misspell them.

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Here are few of the categorized words.

  • Words misspelled due to pronunciation

Not every words can be spelt as pronounced. Reason why you may misspell words such as:

Pronounciation: This is incorrect. Users spell as pro+noun+citation. (according to how it is pronounced). 
Pronunciation : correct

Separate: incorrect (as pronounced)
Seperate: correct.

Littuce: incorrect
Lettuce : correct

Indefinite: incorrect
Indefinite: correct

Owe: incorrect
Awe: correct

Defination: incorrect
Definition correct 

Enterpreneur: incorrect
Entrepreneur: Correct

  • Misspelling words with double letters within.
Words with double letters are mostly misspelled by users since they aren't sure if they consist of an alphabet or two. If you ask me, I will tell you words under this category are most confusing words ever. You keep biting hands to know if the word consists of a letter or two.

Words such as:

Incorrect               Correct
Neccessary                    Necessary
Exagerate                      Exaggerate
embarassment                Embarrassment

Diferent                         Different

Adress                            Address
Disapointed                   Disappointed
mispel                            Misspell
Interupt                          Interrupt
Comitted                       Committed


  • Words with single letter are misspelled 
     Incorrect                                              Correct

Occassional                                 Occasional

Exccellent                                      Excellent

Auxilliary                                        Auxiliary

Parrallel                                          Parallel

Expell                                                 Expel

Accross                                           Across

Desperrate                                     Desperate

Garrage                                            Garage


  •  Homophones are commonly misspelled

Homophones are kind of words that sounds alike but have separate meaning. In Homophones, words are pronounced the same way but are spelt differently. This is the reason why they are commonly misspelt. Here is the illustration. 

  •  Other.                                            Order              
  Ade took that route in other to see me

  • There.                                                Their                 
  I slept in there house

  •  This.                                                   these     
           Who owns these pencil

  • Would                                                wood      
          I thought she will come along with the would 

  •  Bitten.                                     Beaten        That fair lady was beaten  by our English teacher  
                       
  •  Complement                    Compliment
          Complementof the season

  • Soar.                                                   Sore                  
     We shall continue to sore higher

  • Leave                                                  Live                  
           I leave at Sapele

Note that the underlined words in the given sentences are words that exist and spelt correctly. The reason why they are incorrect according to the above sentences is because they do not merge with the context of the sentences. Thus, they are misspelled.

#IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS CATEGORY OF WORDS, YOU WILL MISSPELL. HERE, AFFIRMATION OF YOUR MISSPELT WORDS CAN BE DISCOVERED THROUGH THE CONTENT OF YOUR SENTENCES

  • Past tense, participle and continuous words are misspelled
This category of words are misspelled because users spell words base on the base form. Here are the words under these.

Incorrect.                      Correct

Expeled.                                             Expelled
Cuting                                                 cutting
Living.                                                  Lying
Slaped.                                                Slapped
Bite.                                                      Bit
Farer.                                                  Farther



Writing without spelling error is not totally feasible. It is however a good rule of thumb as a student or writer to always proofread. Note that it is not a bad idea if you proofread yourself but it is the best to give it to a professional or use tool like Grammarly to check your work. You can browse Grammarly for free or sign up for a paid subscription here and try out their basic free version.

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