The A-Z of words you’re definitely* spelling wrong.

I think words are out to get us. Sometimes, I imagine them pairing up and playing tricks on us like a set of identical twins. Take practice and practise, for example. They’re perfectly normal words, with two very different meanings, designed to confused the hell out of all of us.

Then there are other, seemingly innocent words that none of us can wrap our heads around, no matter how many tricks we use or jingles we sing. These are some of the most common words you’re definitely spelling wrong; you’ll see the incorrect spelling is on the left, and the correct spelling on the right. Consider printing them out and carrying them with you AT ALL TIMES!!!

*A quick disclaimer before an angry mob chases us with flaming objects: please remember we live in Australia and some of our spelling is a bit weird down here. There are also a few words that are up for debate (judgement, yoghurt) but *technically* we’ve provided the correct Australian spelling. 🙂

A

Absense – Absence

Accomodate – Accommodate

Arguement – Argument

Apparantly – Apparently

B

Beleieve – Believe

Bizzare – Bizarre

C 

Calender – Calendar

Carribean – Caribbean

D 

Deductable – Deductible

Definately – Definitely

Desparate – Desperate

E

Embarassing – Embarrassing

Existance – Existence

F

Facinating – Fascinating

Florescent – Fluorescent

G

Garantee – Guarantee

Glamourous – Glamorous

Goverment – Government

H 

Harrass – Harass

Humourous – Humorous

Hankerchief – Handkerchief

I 

Immediatly – Immediately

Independant – Independent

J

Judgment – Judgement

Jewelery – Jewellery

K 

Knowlege – Knowledge

L

Liase – Liaise

License – Licence (Driver’s licence)

M 

Maintainance – Maintenance

Millenium – Millennium

Mispell – Misspell

Mischevious – Mischievous

N

Neccessary – Necessary

Neice – Niece

O

Occured – Occurred

Ommission – Omission

P 

Passtime – Pastime

Posession – Possession

Pharoah – Pharaoh

Presense – Presence

Persistant – Persistent

Practise – Practice (Doctor’s practice)

Publically – Publicly

Q 

Questionaire – Questionnaire

Que – Queue

R 

Recieve – Receive

Resistence – Resistance

Reccommend – Recommend

Relevent – Relevant

S 

Seperate – Separate

Sucessful – Successful

Suprise – Surprise

T 

Tounge – Tongue

Truley – Truly

U 

Untill – Until

Unforseen – Unforeseen

V

Vaccuum – Vacuum

W

Withold – Withhold

X 

Xenodocheionology (Only because literally no one can spell it)

Y 

Yogurt – Yoghurt

Z

Zelous – Zealous

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