See 20 Incredibly Simple Words That Most People Spell Wrongly

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!

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(this may be allowed)

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!

And please, don’t get too attached to chating abbreviations because you may unconsciously use them when writing an examination or formal write-up.

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