The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

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1. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) acomodate
  b) accomodate
  c) acommodate
  d) accommodate
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?
  a) acknowledgment
  b) acknowledgement
  c) acknowlegment
  d) acknowlegement
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
3. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) arguement
  b) argument
  c) arguemant
  d) arguemint
  e) Don't Know

 
none b
4. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) comitment
  b) comitmment
  c) commitment
  d) comitmant
  e) Don't Know

 
none c
5. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) consensus
  b) concensus
  c) consencus
  d) consenssus
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
6. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) deductible
  b) deductable
  c) deductuble
  d) deductabel
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
7. Which of the following spellings is always preferred in American English and preferred as an adjective in British English?
  a) dependant
  b) depindant
  c) dependent
  d) dependunt
  e) Don't Know

 
none c
8. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) embarras
  b) embaras
  c) embarass
  d) embarrass
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
9. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) existance
  b) existence
  c) existanse
  d) existanc
  e) Don't Know

 
none b
10. Which of the following spellings is correct for a page in a book?
  a) foreward
  b) forword
  c) forworde
  d) foreword
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
11. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) harass
  b) haras
  c) harrass
  d) herrass
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
12. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) inadvertant
  b) inadvartant
  c) inadvartent
  d) inadvertent
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
13. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) indispensabel
  b) indispensible
  c) indispensable
  d) indespensible
  e) Don't Know

 
none c
14. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English?
  a) judgement
  b) judgment
  c) judgemant
  d) judgmant
  e) Don't Know

 
none b
15. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) liason
  b) liasson
  c) liasone
  d) liaison
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
16. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) license
  b) lisense
  c) licens
  d) lisence
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
17. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) occassion
  b) ocassion
  c) occasion
  d) ocasion
  e) Don't Know

 
none c
18. Which of the following spellings is correct?
  a) occurrence
  b) ocurrance
  c) occurrance
  d) occurance
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
19. Which is the correct spelling?
  a) perserverance
  b) persaverence
  c) perserverence
  d) perseverance
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
20. Which is the correct spelling?
  a) prerogative
  b) perogative
  c) perogitive
  d) preragitive
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
21. Which is the correct spelling?
  a) privelege
  b) privilege
  c) privlege
  d) privelige
  e) Don't Know

 
none b
22. Which of these spellings is the correct spelling?
  a) procede
  b) proceede
  c) proced
  d) proceed
  e) Don't Know

 
none d
23. Which is the correct spelling?
  a) seperate
  b) separete
  c) separate
  d) seperat
  e) Don't Know

 
none c
24. Which is the PREFERRED spelling?
  a) supersede
  b) supercede
  c) superceed
  d) suparseed
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
25. Which is the correct spelling?
  a) withhold
  b) withhuld
  c) withold
  d) withhald
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
26. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English?
  a) acknowledgment
  b) acknowledgement
  c) acknowlegment
  d) acknowlegement
  e) Don't Know

 
none b
27. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English other than in legal documents?
  a) judgement
  b) judgment
  c) judgemant
  d) judgmant
  e) Don't Know

 
none a
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