List of Commonly Misspelt Words and Spelling Rules

A comprehensive vocabulary review of commonly misspelt words, correct spellings, and easily confused terms from the CUET (UG) English curriculum.

Advise vs. Advice

'Advise' is the verb form, which is often switched with 'advice', the noun form.

Prophecy vs. Prophesy

'Prophecy' is a noun, while 'prophesy' is a verb.

Borough and Bureau

Two distinct words that are noted as being commonly confused.

Thorough and Through

Two different words that are often mixed up.

Memento

The correct spelling of the word; 'momento' is Spanish for 'moment'.

You're vs. Your

'You're' is often erroneously used in place of 'your'.

Until

The correct spelling (which can also be written as 'till'), often misspelled with a double 'l' as 'untill'.

Which (or Witch)

Words that are commonly misspelled as 'wich'.

Absence

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'absense'.

Address

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'adress'.

A lot

The correct two-word phrase, often erroneously written as a single word 'alot'.

Acquit

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'aquit'.

Argument

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'arguement'.

Arctic

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'artic'.

Beginning

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'begining'.

Believe

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'beleive'.

Broccoli

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'broccolli'.

Calendar

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'calender'.

Camaraderie

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'comraderie'.

Ceiling

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'cieling'.

Cemetery

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'cemetary'.

Changeable

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'changable'.

Colleague

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'collegue'.

Conscientious

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'consciencious'.

Conscious

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'concious'.

Daiquiri

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'daquiri'.

Deceive

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'decieve'.

Definitely

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'definately'.

Desperate

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'desparate'.

Disastrous

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'disasterous'.

Dumbbell

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'dumbell'.

Embarrass

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'embarass'.

Environment

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'enviroment'.

Existence

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'existance'.

Experience

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'experiance'.

Fascinating

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'facinating'.

February

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'Febuary'.

Fiery

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'firey'.

Fluorescent

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'flourescent'.

Foreign

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'foriegn'.

Government

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'goverment'.

Grateful

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'gratefull' or 'greatful'.

Guarantee

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'gaurantee'.

Harass

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'harrass'.

Height

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'hieght'.

Humorous

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'humerous'.

Hypocrite

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'hipocrite'.

Independent

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'independant'.

Inoculate

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'innoculate'.

Kernel

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'kernal'.

Leisure

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'liesure'.

Liaison

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'liason'.

Library

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'libary'.

License

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'lisense'.

Maintenance

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'maintainance'.

Medieval

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'medevil' or 'mideval'.

Millennium

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'millenium'.

Miniature

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'miniture'.

Minuscule

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'miniscule'.

Mischievous

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'mischievious'.

Misspell

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'mispell'.

Mysterious

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'misterious'.

Necessary

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'neccessary'.

Neighbour

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'nieghbour'.

Noticeable

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'noticable'.

Occasion

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'occassion'.

Occurrence

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'occurence'.

Odyssey

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'oddyssey'.

Piece

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'peice'.

Playwright

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'playwrite'.

Precede

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'preceed'.

Privilege

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'privelege'.

Presence

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'presance'.

Pumpkin

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'pumkin'.

Raspberry

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'rasberry'.

Receive

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'recieve'.

Rhythm

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'rtyhm'.

Sacrilegious

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'sacriligious'.

Science

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'sience'.

Scissors

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'sissors'.

Separate

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'seperate'.

Sincerely

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'sinserely'.

Supersede

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'supercede'.

Truly

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'truely'.

Wednesday

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'Wensday'.

Whether

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'wether'.

Weird

The correct spelling of the word commonly misspelled as 'wierd'.

Accommodate

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Bureaucracy

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Connoisseur

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Indefatigable

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Manoeuvre

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Misdemeanour

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Ecclesiastical

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Aerodrum

A vocabulary spelling listed in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Convalesce

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Incorrigible

A vocabulary entry featured in the list of commonly misspelt words.

Reconnaissance

A vocabulary entry featured in the CUET English question bank list of commonly misspelt words.

Proletariat

A vocabulary entry featured in the CUET English question bank list of commonly misspelt words.

Perspicuous

A vocabulary entry featured in the CUET English question bank list of commonly misspelt words.