11.7: Commonly Misspelled Words
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Commonly Misspelled Words
The table below lists commonly misspelled words. You probably use these words every day in either speaking or writing. Each word has a segment in bold type, which indicates the problem area of the word that is often spelled incorrectly. If you can, use this list as a guide before, during, and after you write.
Table of Commonly Misspelled Words
across |
address |
answer |
argument |
athlete |
beginning |
behavior |
calendar |
career |
conscience |
crowded |
definite |
describe |
desperate |
different |
disappoint |
disapprove |
doesn't |
eighth |
embarrass |
environment |
exaggerate |
familiar |
finally |
government |
grammer |
height |
illegal |
immediately |
important |
integration |
intelligent |
interest |
interfere |
jewelry |
judgment |
knowledge |
maintain |
mathematics |
meant |
necessary |
nervous |
occasion |
opinion |
optimist |
particular |
perform |
perhaps |
personnel |
possess |
possible |
prefer |
prejudice |
privilege |
probably |
psychology |
pursue |
reference |
rhythm |
ridiculous |
separate |
similar |
since |
speech |
strength |
success |
surprise |
taught |
temperature |
thorough |
thought |
tired |
until |
weight |
written |