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Top 100 lists (UK)
100 words most
commonly misspelt by primary children (UK, primary)
Top 100 Misspelt Words in
English (UK)
Top 100 lists (US)
Spelling Demons (US)
100 Most
Often Misspelled Words in English (US)
(The next 150 are listed as
150 More
Often Misspelled Words in English)
100
Most Commonly Misspelled Words (US)
Includes tips on spelling the words correctly. *(Site unavailable
August 8 2018)
Top 100 lists (Australia)
100
Words Most Commonly Misspelt by
Year 9 and 10 Students - in ALPHABETICAL order (Australia, high school)
100
Words Most Commonly Misspelt by
Year 9 and 10 Students - in ERROR order (Australia, high school)
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Other top lists
(UK)
150 More
Often Misspelled Words in English (US)
(The first 100 are listed as
100 Most
Often Misspelled Words in English)
OnePoll's Top 20 Misspelt Words (UK)
Telegraph article.
Download list [Word]
TextTrust's Top 50 Spelling Mistakes (UK)
Two lists - alphabetical, and in order of difficulty.
Other top lists (US)
The
201 Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English (US)
Includes some tests based on some of the words.
Everyday Words that are Commonly Misspelled (US)
A list of 490 words. Includes a link to a printable version.
Documented
list of common misspellings (about 350) (Wikipedia)
Over 500 of the Most Frequently Misspelled Words in the English Language
[pdf] (US)
In alphabetical order.
A Study of
Some of the Most Commonly Misspelled Words (US)
Based on searching posts to the old Usenet groups.
Other top lists
(Canada)
240 Common Spelling Mistakes in English (Canada)
In alphabetical order. Some words are examples of misuse
rather than misspelling.
Other top lists
(Australia)
Frequently Misspelt Words [pdf] (Australia, TAFE)
List of 130 words.
Commonly Misspelt Words (Australia, adults)
(ARCHIVED VERSION)
Click on the link to the spreadsheet file(Misspelt words.xls)
for the list to load. Contains 165 words.
Other top lists
(NZ)
Words we commonly
misspell (156) (NZ)
(Archived page.) Note the useful link to
variant spellings.
Special topics lists
BLOGS:
10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs (US)
FOOD:
The Top 10 Most Commonly Misspelled Food Words (US)
An analysis of the typed searches by users of an online
restaurant.
RESUMES:
Commonly Misspelled Words
in Resumes (US)
(Archived page.) From the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training: "an
alphabetized table of words that are commonly misspelled on resumes, cover
letters, application forms, tests and various other documents."
TECHNICAL WRITING:
Words
that are Commonly Misspelled in Technical Writing (US)
Mainly science and mathematics words.
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Infographics of misspelled word
lists
Ten Words You Need
to Stop Misspelling (by The Oatmeal)
Includes rules or handy hints, and examples of correct use.
15 Most Misspelled
Words in English (US)
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Causes of misspelling
Commonly misspelled words
- common causes of the misspellings (Wikipedia)
Mispronunciation, typing errors, homophones, personal names,
foreign writers, strange misspellings, apostrophes.
Misspelling Words: Top 5 Reasons (raise savvykids.com)
Mispronunciation, poor enunciation, adding a syllable,
omitting a sound, substituting a sound, hasty reading, failing to note
the correct spelling, words being rare or unusual.
Reasons for Misspelling Words (yourdictionary.com)
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