Frequently Misspelled Words



a lot (not alot)

apparatus

accessible

apparent

accommodate

applicable

accumulate

apropos

accuracy

ascertain

acknowledgment

auxiliary

acquaintance

ax (not axe), axed,

acquire

axing

ad nauseam

bankruptcy

adjournment

beneficial

advantageous

bona fide

adviser (not advisor)

bookkeeping

advisory

brochure

affidavit

bureau

affiliated

business

afterward (not afterwards)

calendar

aggravate

cancellation

aggressive

cannot (one word)

align

Caribbean

all right (not alright)

changeable

alumnus, alumni (masculine); alumna,

changeover

alumnae (feminine)

chargeable

amateur

Cincinnati

amid (not amidst)

clientele

among (not amongst)

column

analyze

committee

analysis

comparative

anonymous

comptroller

Connecticut

harass

conscience

homemade

conscientious

humorous

conscious

inasmuch as

correlate

index, indexes,

counterfeit

indices

consensus

indispensable

contemptible

installation

defendant

interrupt

dependent

jeopardy

desperate

judgment

dilemma

justifiable

diligence

leisure

disbursement

liaison

disillusioned

license

dissatisfied

lieutenant

egregious

likable (not likeable)

embarrass

maintenance

encyclopedia

manageable

endeavor

maneuver

erroneous

meager

exaggerate

Mediterranean

existence

memento (not momento)

explanation


extraordinary

mileage

eye, eyed, eyeing

millennium

facilitate

millionaire

facsimile

minuscule (not miniscul)

fascinate

miscellaneous

feasible

mortgage

flack vs. flak

necessary

financier

noticeable

fluorescent

nowadays (not

forward (not forwards)

nowdays)

gauge

obsession

grievance

occasion

guarantee

occurred

occurrence

succeed

omission

successor

opportunity

supersede

pageant

supervisor

permanent

susceptible

permissible

suspicious

persistent

technique

possession

tendency

posthumous

Tennessee

potato, potatoes

total, totaled, totaling

precede

toward (not towards)

prejudice

transferring

prescription

twelfth

prevalent

unanimous

prima-facie

unnecessary

privilege

upward (not upwards)

proviso, provisos

usable

questionnaire

vendor

recommend

veto, vetoes, vetoed,

referral

vetoing

referred

wholly

relevant

zero, zeroes

remembrance


restaurateur


rhyme


rhythm


salable (preferred, although


saleable not incorrect)


sandwich


satisfactorily


seize


separate


serviceable


simultaneous


sizable


subpoena


subtle



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