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-emia or -aemia
A
A cappellaA lot vs. alot
Abetter vs. abettor
Absorption vs. adsorption
Abstracter vs. abstractor
Accost
Accoutrement
Acknowledgement vs. acknowledgment
Actualise vs actualize
Ad vs. add
Adapter vs. adaptor
Addenda vs addendums
Adduce vs educe
Adventurous vs adventuresome
Advertise vs advertizeAdviser vs. advisor
Aeon vs. eon
Aether vs. ether
Ageing vs. aging
Aggrandize
Agog or agape
Agreement vs agreeance
Aid vs. aide
Aisle vs. isle
Ajar
All American or all-American
All together vs. altogether Alma mater
Already vs. all ready
Also-ran
Altar vs. alter
Aluminium vs. aluminum
Amative or amatoryAmbiance vs. ambience
Amok vs. amuck
Anachronism
Analog vs. analogue
Analyse vs. analyze
Analyses vs analyzesAnnex vs. annexe
Anodyne vs analgesic
Antediluvian
Anytime vs. any time
Apologise vs. apologize
Appal vs. appall
Appellation vs appellative
Appetizer or hors d'oeuvre
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April Fool's or April Fools'
Archaeology vs. archeology
Arctic, Antarctic
Armor vs. armour
Arteact vs. artiactAt wits' end
Au aitAuger vs. augur
Aural vs. oral
Authorise vs. authorize
Awhile vs. a while
Ax vs. axe
Axel vs. axle
B
!ack seat vs. backseat
!ackwater or backwaters
!ackyard, back yard, back-yard
!ad vs badly
!ail vs. bale!ailout, bail out, and bail-out
!ait vs. bate
!ane
!aptise vs. baptize!arbecue vs. barbe"ue
!arbed wire
!are vs. bear
!ath or bathe
!attle royal
!eat or beaten
!egan vs begun
!ehavior vs. behaviour !ehold and beholden
!elle vs beau
!ent or bended
!eside onesel and beside the point
!espeak vs bespoke
!especkled or bespectacled!ight vs. bite
!ingeing or binging
!ite-size or bite-sized
!lessed vs. blest!lew, blown, or blowed
!loc vs. block !lowout vs. blow out
!lowup vs. blow up
!oard vs bored
!ogeyman
!ore, boor, boar
!orne vs. born
!orough, burro, burrow
!ough or bow
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!raggadocio
!raggart vs bragger
!reak up vs. breakup
!reasteeding, breasted, breasteed, etc.
!reath vs. breathe!right vs. brite
!russels sprout!ugbear or bugaboo
!ulk, balk, baulk
!us stop vs. busstop
!uses vs. busses
C
#addie vs. caddy
#aesarean section, #aesarian, cesarean, etc.
#aliber vs. calibre
#alumny
#anceled vs. cancelled
#andor or candour
#anon vs. cannon#apiche, capeesh, capische, etc
#arrot-and-stick
#atalog vs. catalogue
#enser vs censor vs censure vs sensor #enter vs. centre
#ession vs. session
#halk up vs. chock
#heck in vs. check-in $vs. checkin%
#heck up vs. checkup
#heck vs. che"ue
#heckout vs. check out
#hic vs. sheik #hildcare, child care, child-care
#hili vs. chilly
#hute vs. shoot
#ivilise vs. civilize
#leave
#lose-minded vs. closed-minded#loth vs clothes
#o-ordinate vs coordinate
#oarse vs. course
#oliseum vs. colosseum#ollectible vs collectable
#ollocate#ollocate vs colocate
#olor vs. colour
#omeuppance
#onceded or conceited
#onnexion
#onstant vs consistent
#onsultative
#ooperate vs. co-operate
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#oral vs. corral
#ord vs. chord
#osy vs. cozy
#ouncil vs. counsel
#ounselor vs. counsellor #rack down vs. crackdown
#rier vs. cryer #rumby vs. crummy
#urb vs. kerb
#ustomise vs. customize
D
&ais
&am vs. damn
&ead set, dead-set, deadset
&ecent vs. descent
&eence vs. deense
&eleterious vs detrimental
&emagogue vs demigod
&emeanor or demeanour &ependant vs. dependent
&eplane or disembark
&erring-do
&iagram&ietician or dietitian
&ike vs. dyke
&iktat
&is vs. diss
&isc vs. disk
&ispatch vs. despatch
&issatisied or unsatisied
&ole out vs. doll out&onner or &onder
&oughnut vs. donut
&ouse vs. dowse
&rat vs. draught
&reidel or dreidl
&ual vs. duel&yeing vs. dying
E
. coli
cumenicalek vs. eke
etelicit vs. illicit
mbed vs imbed
n masse
namor vs. enamour
nclose vs. inclose
ngrain vs. ingrain
nmity vs animosity
n"uire vs. in"uire
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8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List
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nrol vs. enroll
nvelop vs. envelope
nvision vs. invision
nvoi vs. envoy
re vs. err soteric vs archaic
stimation or approximationvidence vs evince
xploitative vs. exploitive
F
Factious vs acetious
Faun vs. awn
Faux-na(
Favor vs. avour
Favorite vs. avourite
Ferment or oment
Fiber vs. ibre
Flack vs. lak
Flavor vs. lavour Flier vs. lyer
Flu vs. lue
Folderol
For )od's sakeForeword vs. orward
Forty vs. ourty
Foul vs. owl
Fracking
Free rein vs. ree reign
Freshwater vs. resh water
Fuddle
Fueled*ueling vs. uelled*uellingFulil vs. ulill
Futz vs putz
G
)age, gauge, and gouge
)ait vs gate
)aol vs. jail)arrote, garrotte, or garotte
)audy vs. gawdy
)aveled vs. gavelled
)ild vs. guild)ist vs. jist
)it-go)lamour vs. glamor
)o down a treat
)oer vs. gopher
)orilla vs. guerrilla
)ray vs. grey
)risly vs. grizzly
H
+airbrained vs. harebrained
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8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List
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+airy vs. harry
+alcyon
+allow vs. hollow
+alloween or +allowe'en
+and-wash+ands on or hands-on
+anukkah or #hanukah+ara-kiri
+arbor vs. harbour
+ark, harken, and hearken
+eadwind
+eal vs. heel $and bring to heel%
+ealthcare vs. health care
+ear, hear vs. here, here
+eighth
+elter skelter or helter-skelter
+ighalutin
+ijinks or high jinks
+oard vs. horde+oi polloi
+oley vs. holy
+ome school vs. homeschool $vs. home-school%
+onor vs. honour +ope or hopes
+orsey, horsy, horsie
+umor vs. humour
+umus vs. hummus
+urdle vs. hurtle
I
bid vs idem
ce tea vs. iced teadiom vs collo"uialism
dle, idol, idyll
need be or i needs be
gnoramus
mbroglio
mposter vs. impostor mprovise vs. improvize
ncidence vs. incidents
nclement vs. inclimate
ncomprehensive or incomprehensiblenculcate
ndemnity and contributionnstallment vs. instalment
ntact
ts vs. it's
J
ewelry vs. jewellery
ones
udgment vs. judgement
unkie vs. junky
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8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List
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ust deserts vs. just desserts
K
etchup, catsup, catchup
ick o vs. kicko $vs. kick-o%
nave vs nave
L
/abeled vs. labelled/abor vs. labour
/ambast vs. lambaste
/asagna vs. lasagne
/ay out vs. layout
/eaned or leant
/eaped vs. leapt
/earned vs. learnt
/ed vs. lead
/etover vs. let over
/egal vs legit
/egitimate vs legitimitize
/ei/esser or lessor
/etter names
/evee vs. levy
/iar vs. lier /icence vs. license
/icorice vs. li"uorice
/ie or lye
/ieutenant
/ietime or lie time
/ightening vs. lightning
/ikable vs. likeable
/illiputian/inchpin vs. lynchpin
/i"uor vs li"ueur
/iter vs. litre
/oath vs. loathe $vs. loth%
/og in vs. login
/ook out vs. lookout $vs. look-out%/o"uacious
/ots o vs a lot o
/ovable vs. loveable
M
0achine gun vs. machine-gun
0acintosh, mackintosh, 0cntosh0aneuver vs. manoeuvre
0anner vs. manor
0antel vs. mantle
0arry vs. merry
0arshal vs. martial
0ath vs. maths
0aximise or maximize
0ayhap or mishap or snau
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8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List
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0ayonnaise vs. mayonaise
0eager vs. meagre
0edal, meddle, metal, mettle
0erry #hristmas vs +appy #hristmas
0etaphoric vs. metaphorical0eter vs. metre
0ic vs. mike0idrit $midri%
0ilitate or mitigate
0inks vs. minx
0inuscule vs. miniscule
0ischievous vs. mischievious
0odeling vs. modelling
0old vs. mould
0ollusc vs. mollusk
0olt vs. moult
0om vs mom
0onied vs. 0oneyed
0oose vs. mooses0other lode
0oustache vs. mustache $vs. mustachio%
0outhuls
0ovable vs. moveable0ucous vs. mucus
0uumuu
N
1eandertal vs. neanderthal
1eighbor vs. neighbour
1ever mind vs nevermind
1ews
1ib vs nub 1o one vs. noone $vs. no-one%
1oel or nowel
1one are or none is
1owadays, anymore, or any more
1utriment or nutrition
O
2ases
2cher vs. ochre
2dor vs. odour
2ence vs. oense2 vs. okay
2ld chestnut2melet vs. omelette
2ne-time vs. onetime
2nesel vs. one's sel
2nline vs. on-line
2perationalise or operationalize
2possum vs. possum
2rganise vs. organize
2rigin or origins
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2rthopedic vs. orthopaedic
2ver- and under- $preixes%
2verdo vs. overdue
P
3aid vs. payed3air vs. pare vs. pear
3ajamas vs. pyjamas3alate, palette, pallet
3ale in comparison
3aralyse vs. paralyze
3arlor or parlour
3assable or passible
3asserbys or passersby
3assing strange
3eak vs. peek vs. pi"ue
3eal vs. peel
3eckish
3ediatric or paediatric
3ercent vs. per cent3eter out
3hilippic
3hosphorous vs. phosphorus
3hoto shoot vs. photoshoot3ickup vs. pick up $vs. pick-up%
3ixelated vs. pixilated
3lateaus vs. plateaux
3laywright vs. playwrite
3lough vs. plow
3lum vs. plumb
3ompom vs. pompon $vs. pom-pom etc.%
3ooh-bah or poobah3opulace vs. populous
3ore over vs. pour over
3otluck
3owwow
3ractice vs. practise
3ray vs. prey3retence vs. pretense
3reventative vs. preventive
3rincipal vs. principle
3rogram vs. programme3romulgate vs propagate
3roverbial vs igurative3roviso
3roximal vs proximate
3ugnacious
3usillanimous
3utreaction
4ua
4uay
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8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List
10/12
4uiver vs "uaver
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5acket vs. rac"uet
5ancor vs. rancour
5appel vs. repel5azzmatazz or razzamatazz
5e-create vs. recreate5eal-time vs. real time
5ealise vs. realize
5ecent vs. resent
5emunerate vs. renumerate
5epertoire or repertory
5estaurateur vs. restauranteur
5etch vs. wretch
5eview vs. revue
5ight-side up
5igmarole
5ing vs. wring
5ivaled*rivaling vs. rivalled*rivalling5ock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock'n'roll, etc.
5ogue vs. rouge
5ole vs. roll
5umor vs. rumour
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6accharin vs. saccharine
6acrilege, sacrilegious
6alient vs salience
6altwater vs. salt water
6angroid
6anitise vs sanitize
6arcophagus6avanna vs. savannah
6avior vs. saviour
6ceptic vs. skeptic
6chema or schematic
6chmuck versus putz
6ear vs. seer vs. sere6et up vs. setup
6ew vs. sow
6harable vs. shareable
6hare and share alike vs per stirpes6hear vs. sheer
6hellac, shellack 6herbert vs. sherbet
6hoo-in
6hriveled*shriveling vs. shrivelled*shrivelling
6ight vs. site
6ilicon vs. silicone
6ite vs cite
6izable or sizeable
6kilul vs. skillul
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6kulduggery
6melled vs. smelt
6mokey vs. smoky
6nobbery or snobbishness
6omber vs. sombre6omersault
6orbet6oup up
6pat or spitted
6pecter vs. spectre
6pelled vs. spelt
6tained glass
6teal vs steel
6tick to, stick by, or stick with
6torey vs. story
6trait-laced
6traitjacket
6tupeaction
6ubtle vs. subtil6ulur vs. sulphur
6umma cum laude or magna cum laude
6ummary vs. summery
6upposed to6weeped or swept
6ynchronise or synchronize
#
7-shirt, t-shirt, tee-shirt, tee shirt
7ad bit vs tidbit
7ail vs. tale
7ake over vs. takeover
7eeth vs. teethe7enant vs. tenet
7erra irma
7hanksgiving or 7hanksgiving &ay
7heater vs. theatre
7heir, there, they're
7hesauri or thesaurusus7hrew vs. through
7hrough vs. thru
7idbit vs. titbit
7imber or timbre7imeout vs. time out
7impanum, timpani, tympanum, tympani7ire vs. tyre
7on vs. tonne
7otaled*totaling vs. totalled*totalling
7ouche or touch8
7oward vs. towards
7raveled*traveling vs. travelled*travelling
7reacle
7reasurys
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7rick or treat vs trick-or-treat
7rooper or trouper
7umor vs. tumour
7unneled, tunneling vs. tunnelled, tunnelling
7urnkey vs turn key
$
9nderwater vs. under water 9nderway vs. under way
%
:ain, vein, and vane
:ale, vail, or veil
:alentine's &ay
:ariety vs varietal
:erklempt
:ice vs. vise
:icious vs. viscous
:oicemail
:oil;
:oluptuous vs voluminousW
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