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Spellings Often Confused

The following is a list of some spellings that are often confused or misspelled by most students. Observe the common errors carefully, and learn the correct spellings prudently.
CORRECT
SPELLING (UK)
COMMON SPELLING ERRORS TO BE OBSERVED
CAREFULLY
Referred
Occurred
Committed
Compelled
Occasion
Accommodation
Committee
Unparalleled
Manoeuvre
Maneuver (US)
Consummation
Languor
Bungalow
Conscience
Definitely
Bureau
Reclamation
Indispensable
Reffered/refferred
Ocurred/occured
commited/comitted
Compeled/commpelled
Occassion/ocassion
Accomodation/acommodation
Commitee/comittee
Unparallelled/unparalelled
manuvre/manoeuver
Conssumation/consumation
Langour/languour
Bangalow/bunglow
Consience/conscience/
consceince
Defenetly/defnetly
Bereau/burow/beauro
Reclammation/reclaimmation Indispensible/indespincible
Single 'f' & Double 'r'
Double 'c' & Double 'r'
Double 'm' & Double 't'
Single 'm' & Double 'l'
Double 'c' & Single 's'
Double 'c' & Double 'm'
Double 'm,' Double 't' & Double 'e'
Double 'l' only once & single 'l' later
'o' comes before 'e' & 'u' comes before 'v'
Single 's' & Double 'm'
'u' comes before 'o' & only single 'u'
not double (after 'o').
'u' comes after 'b' & 'a' comes after 'g'
'i' comes before 'e.' So, it is 'ie' and not 'ei'
'i' comes after 'f' not 'e' & another 'i'
comes after 'n'
'e' comes before 'a' & 'u' comes after
'a' at the end
Single 'c' & Single 'm' & no 'i' before 'm'
'i' comes after 'd' & 'e' comes after 'p'
& 's' comes before 'able'
Published date : 10 Jan 2011 05:36PM

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