Wednesday, 10 June 2015

20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People (Including You) Spell Wrongly!


Pardon the spelling on the cover photo, it's just to get you in the mood. Time for a spelling bee! Let's see how well you do. If you realize you actually misspell all the 20 English words below, don't sweat it too much, you are in good company. Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen and John Keats were all notoriously terrible spellers! If you think you spell it correctly, type the word out on your smart phone or computer and see if that red line shows up underneath it.

1. Wrong: Embarass
    Correct: Embarrass

2. Wrong: Writting
    Correct: Writing

3. Wrong: Accomodate
    Correct: Accommodate

4. Wrong: Seperate
    Correct: Separate

5. Wrong: Alot
    Correct: A lot

6. Wrong: Truely
    Correct: Truly

7. Wrong: Tommorow/ Tommorrow
    Correct: Tomorrow

8. Wrong: Definately
    Correct: Definitely

9. Wrong: Mispell
    Correct: Misspell

10. Wrong: Alright
     Correct: All right

11. Wrong: Maintainance
     Correct: Maintenance

12. Wrong: Recieve
      Correct: Receive

13. Wrong: Occassion/ Occassion/
      Correct: Occasion

14. Wrong: Occurence
      Correct: Occurrence

15. Wrong: Momento
      Correct: Memento

16. Wrong: Priviledge
      Correct: Privilege

17. Wrong: Miniscule
     Correct: minuscule

18. Wrong: Neccessary 
      Correct: Necessary

19. Wrong: Pronounciation 
      Correct: Pronunciation

20. Wrong: Wierd
      Correct: Weird.

The good thing about the smart phones we have now is that they all come with dictionaries pre-installed, if you are not sure of a spelling, simply type it out on your phone and let it correct it for you!

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