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It’s astounding how many common English words are misspelled. We apply some of these words every day, studying them in our early school years, yet they remain misspelled for some reason. The English language is complex to grasp in the first place, and official spellings also vary by country or region.
The words I have chosen for this quiz may appear to a range of writers or readers to be simple, however, to other people they continually turn up on misspelled word listings. How proficient are you at spelling? Try this quiz and share your score in the comments!
Try my other grammar quizzes:
Vocabulary Quiz! How well do you know your WORDS? (part 1)
Vocabulary Quiz! How well do you know your WORDS? (part 2)
WORD KNOWLEDGE: THE THESAURUS QUIZ!! (part 1)
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Question of
Which is correct?
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definately
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definitely
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Question of
Which is NOT correct?
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ambiguous
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ambigous
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Question of
This or that?
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occassion
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occasion
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Question of
Choose the correct one.
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tomorrow
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tommorow
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tommorrow
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Question of
This or that? Which is correct?
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pronounciation
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pronunciation
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Question of
Is the word: ‘subsequent’ spelled correctly
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Spell this word correctly:
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acommodation
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accomodation
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accommodation
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Question of
Which word is NOT correct?
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dilemna
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dilemma
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Great and so nice. Thanks for shering
Got 7 correct, good one!
Sorry for the late reply, great score, Carol! 🙂
6 out of 8
Thank you for sharing this great quiz
Sorry for the late reply, you did very well and thanks for playing! 🙂
got only 5 but proud of it
Good for you, scores aren’t everything, as long as your spelling is improving. Thanks for playing, jasmine! 🙂
4/8 I admit Im not always the best speller
I am a horrible speller! I get my ‘e’ and ‘a’ mixed up so many times, but even creating these quizzes has helped. Thanks for playing, Pamela! 🙂
got 4 🙁 but i hope next time i’ll do better 😛
Practice, practice, that’s what I have to do. As the years have gone by, so has my own spelling skills. At least you are improving, that’s the main thing. 🙂
Eight out of eight 😉 Some of them were tricky, though!
Wow, perfect score, Norman, thanks for playing and amazing how these are common mistakes. 🙂
got 5 out of 8 right!
Edith, great score, you did well! 🙂
Dang, i got two wrong. As always your quizzes are good.
Thanks, Kim, I forever misspell the word pronunciation every time I use it, thank goodness for spellcheck! Happy you enjoyed! 🙂
That is one of the ones I got wrong, I thought there was noun in pronunciation. I think I have been spelling it wrong for a long time. Yikes.
If you sound it out, the spelling shouldnt be that hard…. we dont say pro”noun”ciation, it is pronounced nun ciation..
I have to blame working in a print shop editing. After a while the misspelled words look okay..
Yes, I don’t think we take the time to sound out words, but I think even writing these quizzes I’m becoming better with these ‘common’ words. I should find a grade 3 student to help me! 🙂
Good quizzes, and words I havent thought about. Thank you again for expanding my spelling knowledge. lol the 3rd grader, so true.
6 out of 8. Great quiz
Well done, Della, pat yourself on the back and thanks for playing! 🙂