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These Are The Most Commonly Misspelled Words In The English Language — Can You Spell 7/9?

Can You Spell The Most Commonly Misspelled Words?

Common misspellings include: cemetary and cematery.

It's spelled cemetery!

Spell the name of this common location (hint: it starts with a "C"):

Common misspellings include: vaccuum, vaccum, vacume.

It's spelled vacuum!

Spell the name of this common household item Mrs. Doubtfire is using on the carpet (hint: it starts with a "V"):

If you got it wrong, you probably spelled it: lightening.

It's spelled lightning!

Spell the name of this weather phenomenon (hint: it starts with an "L"):

Common misspellings include: camoflage and camoflague.

It's spelled camouflage!

Spell the name of this pattern soldiers often wear (hint: it starts with a "C"):

Common misspellings include: hors derves and ordeurves.

It's spelled hors d'oeuvres!

Spell the word that is a synonym for appetizers (hint: it starts with "hors"):

Common misspellings include: tommorow and tommorrow.

It's spelled tomorrow!

Spell the word for the day after today (hint: it starts with a "T"):

Common misspellings include: millenium and milennium.

It's spelled millennium!

Spell the word that means "a thousand years" (hint: it starts with an "M"):

It's spelled Caribbean!

Spell the name of the island-filled region of the Americas just below Florida (hint: it starts with a "C"):

Common misspellings include: playwrite and playright.

It's playwright!

Spell the word for someone who writes plays (hint: it starts with a "P"):

Look, spelling is dumb, words are dumb, and this quiz is dumb. Did I make you feel better about your score? I hope so! ;)

God blessed you with other gifts than spelling.

Hey, there's a reason these are among the most misspelled words, they're deceptively hard to spell. I mean, "playwright?" That doesn't even make sense! How does "write" become "wright"?

You're a pretty good speller, but get tripped up by commonly misspelled words like most everyone else!

Is that an exaggeration? Maybe! But you know how to spell commonly misspelled words way better than most people, which makes you a spelling champion in my book!

You're basically a spelling bee champion!

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These Are The Most Commonly Misspelled Words In The English Language — Can You Spell 7/9?

BEFORE YOU START: These are among the most commonly misspelled words in the English language, so they're harder to spell than you first think!

These Are The Most Commonly Misspelled Words In The English Language — Can You Spell 7/9?

BEFORE YOU START: These are among the most commonly misspelled words in the English language, so they're harder to spell than you first think!

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