Here are some of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language:

  1. abdicate

  2. absence

  3. academically

  4. accelerator

  5. accessible

  6. acclaim

  7. acclimated

  8. accommodate

  9. accompanied

  10. accomplish

  11. accordion

  12. accumulate

  13. achievement

  14. acknowledge

  15. acoustics

  16. acquaintance

  17. acquitted

  18. acute

  19. adequately

  20. adjacent

  21. adjective

  22. admission

  23. admittance

  24. adolescent

  25. adultery

  26. advantageous

  27. adverb

  28. advertisement

  29. aerial

  30. aerobic

  31. aggravate

  32. algebraic

  33. alleged

  34. allegiance

  35. alliance

  36. alliteration

  37. allotting

  38. almanac

  39. already

  40. altogether

  41. amateur

  42. ambassador

  43. among

  44. analogy

  45. analysis

  46. analyze

  47. anecdote

  48. angle

  49. annihilate

  50. annual

  51. annul

  52. antagonist

  53. antithesis

  54. apartheid

  55. apartment

  56. apologetically

  57. apparatus

  58. apparent

  59. appearance

  60. appositive

  61. aptitude

  62. arguing

  63. argument

  64. arrangement

  65. ascend

  66. aspirin

  67. assessment

  68. associative

  69. assonance

  70. asterisk

  71. atheist

  72. athletics

  73. attendance

  74. attitude

  75. autumn

  76. auxiliary

  77. awfully

  78. bachelor

  79. balance

  80. ballet

  81. balloon

  82. bankruptcy

  83. barbarian

  84. barbaric

  85. barbecue

  86. barbiturate

  87. bargain

  88. basically

  89. battalion

  90. bazaar

  91. beautiful

  92. beggar

  93. beginning

  94. behavior

  95. beneficial

  96. benefited

  97. bilingual

  98. biography

  99. biscuit

  100. bisect

  101. bizarre

  102. blasphemy

  103. bologna

  104. bookkeeper

  105. bouillon

  106. boulevard

  107. boundary

  108. boycott

  109. bracelet

  110. brackets

  111. buffet

  112. buoyant

  113. bureaucrat

  114. burial

  115. calculation

  116. camouflage

  117. candidate

  118. cantaloupe

  119. caramel

  120. caravan

  121. carburetor

  122. caricature

  123. caring

  124. cartographer

  125. catalyst

  126. catapult

  127. catastrophe

  128. category

  129. cellar

  130. centimeters

  131. chagrined

  132. challenge

  133. changeable

  134. changing

  135. character

  136. characteristic

  137. chassis

  138. chastise

  139. chocolate

  140. chord

  141. chrome

  142. chromosome

  143. chunky

  144. cigarette

  145. cinquain

  146. circumference

  147. circumstantial

  148. citizen

  149. cliché

  150. climbed

  151. cliques

  152. coefficient

  153. coherence

  154. coincide

  155. collectible

  156. colonel

  157. colony

  158. colossal

  159. column

  160. coming

  161. commingle

  162. commission

  163. commitment

  164. committed

  165. committee

  166. communication

  167. commutative

  168. comparative

  169. compatible

  170. compelled

  171. competent

  172. competition

  173. complementary

  174. completely

  175. complexion

  176. composite

  177. concede

  178. conceit

  179. conceivable

  180. conceive

  181. condemn

  182. condescend

  183. conferred

  184. congratulations

  185. congruent

  186. conjunction

  187. connoisseur

  188. conscience

  189. conscientious

  190. conscious

  191. consensus

  192. consequences

  193. consistency

  194. consolidator

  195. consonance

  196. constitution

  197. consumer

  198. continuous

  199. contraction

  200. controlled

  201. controller

  202. controversial

  203. controversy

  204. convection

  205. convenient

  206. coolly

  207. coordinates

  208. corollary

  209. corporation

  210. correlate

  211. correspondence

  212. counselor

  213. courteous

  214. courtesy

  215. criticism

  216. criticize

  217. crowded

  218. crucifixion

  219. cruelty

  220. curriculum

  221. curtail

  222. cyclical

  223. cylinder

  224. dachshund

  225. daughter

  226. debacle

  227. decadent

  228. decagon

  229. deceit

  230. deep-seated

  231. deferential

  232. deferred

  233. definitely

  234. dependent

  235. depose

  236. descend

  237. describe

  238. description

  239. desirable

  240. despair

  241. desperate

  242. detrimental

  243. devastation

  244. develop

  245. development

  246. diagonal

  247. diameter

  248. dictionary

  249. difference

  250. dilettante

  251. diligence

  252. dimension

  253. dining

  254. disappearance

  255. disappoint

  256. disastrous

  257. discipline

  258. discrimination

  259. disdainfully

  260. disguise

  261. dispel

  262. dispensable

  263. dissatisfied

  264. disservice

  265. distinguish

  266. diversified

  267. dormitory

  268. drugged

  269. drunkenness

  270. easily

  271. economy

  272. ecosystem

  273. ecstasy

  274. efficiency

  275. eighth

  276. either

  277. electrolyte

  278. electromagnet

  279. elegy

  280. elevation

  281. eligible

  282. eliminate

  283. ellipsis

  284. embarrass

  285. emigrate

  286. eminent

  287. emperor

  288. emphasize

  289. empire

  290. employee

  291. empty

  292. enamel

  293. encouragement

  294. encouraging

  295. endeavor

  296. enemy

  297. enormous

  298. enthusiastically

  299. entirely

  300. entrance

  301. equality

  302. equator

  303. equipped

  304. espionage

  305. espresso

  306. essential

  307. exaggerate

  308. excellence

  309. excess

  310. exercise

  311. exhaustion

  312. exhibition

  313. exhilarate

  314. expansion

  315. experience

  316. experiment

  317. exponent

  318. expression

  319. extinct

  320. extraneous

  321. extremely

  322. extrovert

  323. exuberance

  324. factor

  325. fallacious

  326. fallacy

  327. familiarize

  328. fantasy

  329. fascinate

  330. fascination

  331. fascism

  332. favorite

  333. feasible

  334. federation

  335. feisty

  336. felicity

  337. feminine

  338. fiction

  339. fictitious

  340. financially

  341. financier

  342. fiscal

  343. fission

  344. fluent

  345. forcibly

  346. foreign

  347. foresee

  348. foreshadowing

  349. forfeit

  350. formula

  351. forty

  352. fourth

  353. frantically

  354. frequency

  355. fudge

  356. fulfill

  357. fundamentally

  358. galaxy

  359. gauge

  360. genius

  361. geography

  362. government

  363. governor

  364. grammatically

  365. grandeur

  366. graphic

  367. grievous

  368. grizzly

  369. grocery

  370. guarantee

  371. guerrilla

  372. guidance

  373. gyration

  374. handicapped

  375. happily

  376. harass

  377. heinous

  378. heist

  379. hemorrhage

  380. heredity

  381. heritage

  382. heroes

  383. hesitancy

  384. hexagon

  385. hierarchy

  386. hieroglyphics

  387. hoping

  388. horizontal

  389. hospital

  390. humorous

  391. hygiene

  392. hyperbole

  393. hypocrisy

  394. hypocrite

  395. hypotenuse

  396. hypothesis

  397. ideally

  398. idiom

  399. idiomatic

  400. idiosyncrasy

  401. ignorance

  402. illogical

  403. imaginary

  404. imitate

  405. immediately

  406. immigration

  407. immortal

  408. implement

  409. inaudible

  410. incidentally

  411. incredible

  412. indicted

  413. indispensable

  414. individually

  415. inequality

  416. inevitable

  417. influential

  418. information

  419. ingenious

  420. initially

  421. initiative

  422. innocent

  423. innocuous

  424. inoculate

  425. instantaneous

  426. institution

  427. insurance

  428. insurgency

  429. intellectual

  430. intelligence

  431. intercede

  432. interesting

  433. interfered

  434. interference

  435. interjection

  436. interminable

  437. intermittent

  438. interrogate

  439. interrupt

  440. intricate

  441. introduce

  442. introvert

  443. invertebrate

  444. irony

  445. irrelevant

  446. irresistible

  447. irritable

  448. isosceles

  449. isthmus

  450. jealousy

  451. jewelry

  452. journalism

  453. judicial

  454. jugular

  455. kaleidoscope

  456. kerosene

  457. kindergarten

  458. kinetic

  459. laboratory

  460. laborious

  461. lapse

  462. larynx

  463. latitude

  464. legitimate

  465. length

  466. lenient

  467. liaison

  468. library

  469. license

  470. lieutenant

  471. lightning

  472. likelihood

  473. likely

  474. limerick

  475. lineage

  476. liquefy

  477. literature

  478. llama

  479. longitude

  480. lose

  481. lounge

  482. lovely

  483. luxury

  484. lyric

  485. magistrate

  486. magnificence

  487. mainland

  488. maintain

  489. malicious

  490. manageable

  491. manufacture

  492. mariner

  493. martyrdom

  494. mass

  495. mauve

  496. meadow

  497. mean

  498. meanness

  499. median

  500. medieval

  501. mediocre

  502. melancholy

  503. melodious

  504. metallic

  505. metaphor

  506. mien

  507. migratory

  508. mileage

  509. millennium

  510. millionaire

  511. miniature

  512. minute

  513. mischievous

  514. misnomer

  515. missile

  516. misspelled

  517. monarchy

  518. mosquitoes

  519. mundane

  520. municipal

  521. murmur

  522. muscle

  523. myriad

  524. mysterious

  525. myth

  526. mythology

  527. naive

  528. narcissism

  529. narrative

  530. nationalism

  531. naturally

  532. necessary

  533. necessity

  534. neighbor

  535. neurotic

  536. neutral

  537. neutron

  538. nineteen

  539. ninety

  540. ninth

  541. nonpareil

  542. noticeable

  543. novelist

  544. nowadays

  545. nuclear

  546. nucleus

  547. nuisance

  548. nutrition

  549. nutritious

  550. oasis

  551. obedience

  552. obsolete

  553. obstacle

  554. obtuse

  555. occasionally

  556. occurred

  557. occurrence

  558. octagon

  559. official

  560. omission

  561. omitted

  562. onomatopoeia

  563. opaque

  564. opinion

  565. opossum

  566. opponent

  567. opportunity

  568. oppose

  569. opposition

  570. oppression

  571. optimism

  572. optimistic

  573. orchestra

  574. orchid

  575. ordinarily

  576. origin

  577. originate

  578. outrageous

  579. overrun

  580. oxymoron

  581. pageant

  582. pamphlet

  583. panicky

  584. panorama

  585. paradox

  586. paralysis

  587. paralyze

  588. parenting

  589. parliament

  590. particular

  591. pastime

  592. patronage

  593. pavilion

  594. peaceable

  595. peasant

  596. pedestal

  597. peers

  598. penetrate

  599. penicillin

  600. peninsula

  601. pentagon

  602. perceive

  603. performance

  604. perimeter

  605. permanent

  606. permissible

  607. permitted

  608. permutation

  609. perpendicular

  610. perseverance

  611. persistence

  612. personal

  613. personality

  614. personification

  615. personnel

  616. perspiration

  617. persuasion

  618. pessimistic

  619. pharaoh

  620. pharmaceutical

  621. phenomenon

  622. Philippines

  623. philosophy

  624. physical

  625. physician

  626. picnicking

  627. pilgrimage

  628. pitiful

  629. pixie

  630. pizzazz

  631. placebo

  632. plagiarism

  633. plagiarize

  634. plague

  635. planning

  636. plausible

  637. playwright

  638. pleasant

  639. pneumonia

  640. politician

  641. polygon

  642. polyhedron

  643. portray

  644. Portuguese

  645. possession

  646. possessive

  647. possibility

  648. postscript

  649. potato

  650. potatoes

  651. power

  652. practically

  653. prairie

  654. precede

  655. precedence

  656. precipitation

  657. precision

  658. predation

  659. predicate

  660. preference

  661. preferred

  662. prefix

  663. prehistoric

  664. premier

  665. premiere

  666. preparation

  667. preposition

  668. prescription

  669. presence

  670. prestige

  671. presumption

  672. prevalent

  673. prime

  674. primitive

  675. prism

  676. privilege

  677. probability

  678. probably

  679. probation

  680. procedure

  681. proceed

  682. professor

  683. prognosis

  684. prominent

  685. pronounce

  686. pronunciation

  687. propaganda

  688. propagate

  689. protagonist

  690. protein

  691. proximity

  692. psalm

  693. psychoanalysis

  694. psychology

  695. publicly

  696. pumpkin

  697. pursue

  698. puzzling

  699. pyramid

  700. pyrotechnics

  701. quadrant

  702. quadrilateral

  703. quadruple

  704. qualify

  705. qualms

  706. quandary

  707. quantity

  708. quarantine

  709. quell

  710. quench

  711. querulous

  712. query

  713. quest

  714. questionnaire

  715. queue

  716. quibble

  717. quiescent

  718. quinine

  719. quintessentially

  720. quipster

  721. quizzes

  722. quorum

  723. quotation

  724. quotient

  725. radioactive

  726. rampage

  727. rampant

  728. rampart

  729. rarefy

  730. ratio

  731. realistically

  732. realize

  733. realtor

  734. rebellion

  735. recede

  736. receipt

  737. receive

  738. receiving

  739. reception

  740. recession

  741. reciprocals

  742. recognize

  743. recommend

  744. rectify

  745. reference

  746. referred

  747. referring

  748. reflections

  749. refraction

  750. regiment

  751. rehearsal

  752. reign

  753. reimburse

  754. reincarnation

  755. relieve

  756. relieving

  757. religious

  758. remembrance

  759. reminiscence

  760. remittance

  761. repetition

  762. representative

  763. repugnant

  764. resemblance

  765. reservoir

  766. resistance

  767. resources

  768. responsibility

  769. responsibly

  770. restaurant

  771. restoration

  772. resume

  773. retaliate

  774. retrospect

  775. reveal

  776. rheumatism

  777. rhombus

  778. rhyme

  779. rhythm

  780. rhythmical

  781. ridiculous

  782. rotary

  783. rotations

  784. sacrifice

  785. sacrilegious

  786. safari

  787. safety

  788. salami

  789. salary

  790. sanitize

  791. sarcasm

  792. satellite

  793. satire

  794. saturate

  795. scalene

  796. scenery

  797. schedule

  798. scholastic

  799. scrimmage

  800. secede

  801. sediment

  802. segregate

  803. segue

  804. seismic

  805. seismograph

  806. seize

  807. sensitive

  808. sensory

  809. sentry

  810. sequence

  811. sergeant

  812. serpent

  813. severely

  814. shady

  815. shameful

  816. shanghai

  817. shepherd

  818. sherbet

  819. sheriff

  820. shining

  821. shish kebab

  822. shrewd

  823. siege

  824. significance

  825. simian

  826. similar

  827. simile

  828. siphon

  829. situation

  830. skeptical

  831. skimp

  832. skinned

  833. soliloquy

  834. sophomore

  835. souvenir

  836. spasmodic

  837. specifically

  838. specimen

  839. sphere

  840. sponsor

  841. spontaneous

  842. stalemate

  843. stamen

  844. statistic

  845. statistics

  846. statue

  847. stimulus

  848. stopped

  849. straitjacket

  850. strategy

  851. strength

  852. strenuous

  853. stretch

  854. stubbornness

  855. studying

  856. stupefy

  857. subcontinent

  858. submersible

  859. subordinate

  860. succeed

  861. success

  862. succession

  863. sufficient

  864. summary

  865. summed

  866. superintendent

  867. supersede

  868. supervisor

  869. supplementary

  870. supposed

  871. supposition

  872. suppress

  873. surround

  874. surroundings

  875. susceptible

  876. suspicious

  877. sustenance

  878. Swedish

  879. swelter

  880. syllable

  881. symbolic

  882. symmetrical

  883. sympathy

  884. symphonic

  885. synchronize

  886. syncopation

  887. synonymous

  888. synopsis

  889. synthesize

  890. syringe

  891. tachometer

  892. taciturn

  893. talkative

  894. tangent

  895. tangible

  896. tapestry

  897. tariff

  898. technical

  899. technique

  900. technology

  901. temperamental

  902. temperature

  903. tenant

  904. tendency

  905. terminator

  906. terrain

  907. tertiary

  908. themselves

  909. theology

  910. theoretical

  911. theories

  912. therefore

  913. thermal

  914. thermodynamic

  915. thesaurus

  916. thorough

  917. though

  918. thought

  919. through

  920. tolerance

  921. tomorrow

  922. tortoise

  923. tournament

  924. tourniquet

  925. traffic

  926. tragedy

  927. transcend

  928. transferring

  929. transitory

  930. transparent

  931. trapezoid

  932. tried

  933. trough

  934. trousers

  935. truly

  936. twelfth

  937. tyranny

  938. ukulele

  939. unanimous

  940. undoubtedly

  941. universal

  942. unmistakable

  943. unnatural

  944. unnecessary

  945. unscrupulous

  946. usually

  947. utopian

  948. vaccine

  949. vacuum

  950. vagabond

  951. valedictory

  952. valuable

  953. variation

  954. vaudeville

  955. vehicle

  956. vendor

  957. veneer

  958. vengeance

  959. ventriloquist

  960. venue

  961. veracity

  962. versatile

  963. vestige

  964. village

  965. vinegar

  966. violence

  967. visage

  968. visible

  969. warrant

  970. warring

  971. warrior

  972. watt

  973. weather

  974. welcome

  975. wherever

  976. whether

  977. whisper

  978. whistle

  979. whittling

  980. wholesome

  981. withhold

  982. woman

  983. women

  984. writing

  985. written

  986. wrongful

  987. wrung

  988. xylophone

  989. yacht

  990. yawn

  991. yea

  992. yeah

  993. yuppie

  994. zenith

  995. zephyr

  996. zinnia

  997. zodiac

  998. zoological

  999. zoology

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