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Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words

Created on: 04/04/11 12:27 PM Views: 2123 Replies: 3
Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words
Posted Monday, April 4, 2011 07:27 AM

If you are like me, spelling is very difficult, so I devised nmemonic tricks, it doesn't always work.  See how you do!  Answers follow.

 

The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

Select the correct or preferred spelling in each of the following questions to test your spelling of the most commonly misspelled words.


 


1. Which of the following spellings is correct?

a) acomodate
b) accomodate
c) acommodate
d) accommodate
e) Don't Know



2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

 

a) acknowledgment
b) acknowledgement
c) acknowlegment
d) acknowlegement
e) Don't Know



3. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) arguement
b) argument
c) arguemant
d) arguemint
e) Don't Know



4. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) comitment
b) comitmment
c) commitment
d) comitmant
e) Don't Know



5. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) consensus
b) concensus
c) consencus
d) consenssus
e) Don't Know



6. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) deductible
b) deductable
c) deductuble
d) deductabel
e) Don't Know



7. Which of the following spellings is always preferred in American English and preferred as an adjective in British English? ("He has insulin-__________ diabetes.")

 

a) dependant
b) depindant
c) dependent
d) dependunt
e) Don't Know



8. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) embarras
b) embaras
c) embarass
d) embarrass
e) Don't Know



9. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) existance
b) existence
c) existanse
d) existanc
e) Don't Know



10. Which of the following spellings is correct for a page at the beginning of a book?

 

a) foreward
b) forword
c) forworde
d) foreword
e) Don't Know



11. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) harass
b) haras
c) harrass
d) herrass
e) Don't Know



12. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) inadvertant
b) inadvartant
c) inadvartent
d) inadvertent
e) Don't Know



13. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) indispensabel
b) indispensible
c) indispensable
d) indespensible
e) Don't Know



14. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?

 

a) judgement
b) judgment
c) judgemant
d) judgmant
e) Don't Know



15. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) liason
b) liasson
c) liasone
d) liaison
e) Don't Know



16. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) license
b) lisense
c) licens
d) lisence
e) Don't Know



17. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) occassion
b) ocassion
c) occasion
d) ocasion
e) Don't Know



18. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) occurrence
b) ocurrance
c) occurrance
d) occurance
e) Don't Know



19. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) perserverance
b) persaverence
c) perserverence
d) perseverance
e) Don't Know



20. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) prerogative
b) perogative
c) perogitive
d) preragitive
e) Don't Know



21. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) privelege
b) privilege
c) privlege
d) privelige
e) Don't Know



22. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) procede
b) proceede
c) proced
d) proceed
e) Don't Know



23. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) seperate
b) separete
c) separate
d) seperat
e) Don't Know



24. Which of the following spellings is PREFERRED?

 

a) supersede
b) supercede
c) superceed
d) suparseed
e) Don't Know



25. Which of the following spellings is correct?

 

a) withhold
b) withhuld
c) withold
d) withhald
e) Don't Know

_________________________________________

Answers:

  1.  D                                    

  2.  A

  3.  B

  4.  C

  5.  A

  6.  A

  7.  C

  8.  D

  9.  B

 10.  D

 11.  A

 12.  D

 13.  C

 14.  B

 15.  D

 16.  A.

 17.  C.

 18.  A

 19.  D

 20.  A

 21.  B

 22.  D

 23.  C

 24.  A

 25.  A

 

 

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RE: Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words
Posted Tuesday, April 5, 2011 08:38 PM

Wow!  I only got 8!

 
RE: Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words
Posted Thursday, April 7, 2011 09:55 PM

Dave, I got 12 right but I was so cocky taking this test, I figured that I'd gotten 20 to 22 right. I should've known with all of these 'teachers' posting this stuff that it was tougher than it looked.

 
RE: Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words
Posted Monday, April 11, 2011 06:06 PM

Dave,....got 15 right....should feel pretty intelligent but to be honest with you....my "Guess" factor was really really high !

Rick