Spelling Hints and Commonly Misspelled Words (65)
Spelling Hints:
Keep a list of words that you commonly misspell.
Look over corrected papers for misspelled words; add them to your list.
If using a computer or word-processor, don’t forget to use the spell-check feature.
However, while this tool catches the most common misspellings, spell-check does not
catch errors in word choice. Therefore, you should carefully proofread.
Test yourself—use flashcards. Study them in quiet moments.
Proofread papers one word at a time backwards, from the bottom up. Misspellings
pop out.
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
grammar
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
proba
psych
pursu
refer
rhyth
ridicu
separ
simila
since
speec
stren
succe
surpr
taugh
temp
thoro
thoug
throu
tired
until
weigh
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