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Spelling challenge: 25 top misspelled words

Created on: 04/04/11 12:27 PM Views: 2402 Replies: 3
Maria de Melo Gulla

Joined: 08/31/09
Posts: 159

View Profile 		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

 

 

>>>>>>>>>>   Whatever your score, congratulations!
 
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Dave Medeiros

Fairhaven, MA
Joined: 12/05/09
Posts: 133

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

Wow!  I only got 8!
 
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Gary LeFrancois

Joined: 05/18/10
Posts: 2

View Profile 		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.
 
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Richard Desrosiers

Joined: 09/08/09
Posts: 3

View Profile 		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
 
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