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| Misspelt English Words |
There are lots of English words which seem very easy to spell
but are commonly misspelt. In this article, we shall look at a few of them:
1. Continuous
This word is often spelt with the omission of the 'u' that comes
immediately after the 'n.' e.g. 'continous.' This is totally wrong.
2. a lot
In 'a lot,' the 'a' is separated from the 'lot', but most persons join then, e.g., ‘alot’.
3. Separate
This word is often spelt as 'seperate' by most persons perhaps
because of the way it is pronounced.
4. Pronunciation
This is a very common mistake among learners of English. I just told a friend of mine who spelt it wrongly some
days ago that the correct spelling is 'pronunciation', not 'pronounciation.'
5. Indict
Most persons spell ‘indite’ instead of ‘indict’.
6. Occasion
This word has double ‘c’ and an ‘s’, not double ‘s’.
7. Phlegmatic
It is pronounced approximately as ‘flegmatic'.
8. Etiquette.
This word is pronounced approximately as 'eticket'. Its pronunciation has made most persons spell it wrongly.
9. Oblige
This word is pronounced approximately as 'oblarge'.
10. Archaic
11. Occurrence
Some persons omit an 'r' when asked to spell this word.
12. Effrontery
13. Vis-à-vis
Most persons are yet to know the correct spelling of this word. It
means 'in relation to.'
14. Exhilarate
15. Exuberant
16. Pneumonia
17. Appalling
18. Privilege
Quite a good number of persons spell it as 'previledge.'
19. Grateful
You always see ‘greatful’ instead of ‘grateful’, especially on social media.
20. Connive.