People misspell words all the time and for all sorts of reasons: being in a hurry, sloppiness, drunkenness, or plain ignorance. And you know what, it’s totally fine because we know that spelling is hard, especially for people like us who know the madness of the English spelling system. However, there are certain times when a spelling mistake can do you a lot of harm. And here we are talking about professional contexts where formalities, such as spelling, are crucial to attaining one’s objectives, like getting a job, a promotion, or, in our case, showing off our incredible language skills. So, we brought you today a list of 10 of the most misspelled words in the English language and we want you to avoid them at all cost.
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I would add minuscule and desiccated.
With a language with clear and logic spelling this is no problem.
One sound = one letter, no double consonants if not needed.
A sound F and not PH (English)
A sound F and not V (German)
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Finnlando not Finland (the land that ends)
Pollando not Poland (the land of river Po)
Still wonder, why so troublesome language need make international?
People also misspell when they have dyslexia.
What really gets to me is when I see “would of done that” or “this is are house”.
Really? People commonly misspell “which” as “wich”?