misspelling and misused words list

8/21/2019 Misspelling and Misused Words List

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Misspelling and Misused Words List

-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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2/12

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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3/12

!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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4/12

#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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5/12

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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6/12

+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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7/12

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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8/12

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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9/12

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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10/12

4uiver vs "uaver

!

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

"

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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12/12

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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